to comb down; to smooth down
to face; to go towards; to head towards
instant; moment; for an instant
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
university student; college student
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier
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)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
club activities; extracurricular activities
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
family; relatives; dependents; household
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
another's parent; another's parents
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
change; alteration; modification
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
(written) work; book; writings
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
tag; slip; label; sticker
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
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