to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan
home area; home town; local
office job; clerical work
man; male; masculine gender
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
to become calm; to die down
a person without a single relative
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
person who is ignorant of the real world; (lit.) frog in a well
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
wedded life; married life
in one's own way or style
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
shameless person; sophisticated person; brazen hussy
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
job-related; in the course of one's work
directly opposite; right in front
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
student (esp. a university student)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
curiosity; inquisitiveness