eldest daughter; first-born daughter
addition; increase; Canada
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
age; years; longevity; long life; congratulation; celebration
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
although I say; although one might say; although called
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
strict order; peremptory command
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
property; fortune; assets
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
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)