to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to pen; to write; to draw
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
oil crisis (esp. 1973 OPEC oil crisis); oil shock
lively group (usu. young people); dynamic bunch; group (art)
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)
Aum Shinrikyo incidents; string of incidents, crimes, etc. committed by the Aum Shinrikyo religious group in the 1980s
Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (1892.3.1-1927.7.24)
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
Norwegian Wood (1987 novel by Haruki Murakami)
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
second-year student; biennial
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to