obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
now; the present time; just now; another; more
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
precocity; early ripening; premature development
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
oral tradition; legend; folklore
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
to make a success in life
almost; roughly; approximately
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
senior high school; high school
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
vocational school; technical school
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
ordinary person; unenlightened person
be (that) as it may; having said that
in this way; thus; such; uh...
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
accomplishment; execution
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
ordinary; common; mediocre
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into