marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to subsist; to keep on living
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
divorce; dissolution of adoption
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to throw open; to leave open
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
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)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
apparent; obvious; very clear
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
in addition; besides this; twice
assertion; declaration; affirmation
at that time; in those days
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
different opinion; objection
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
this is why; this means; it is the case that
outsider; someone outside of a group
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
tedious; boring; being fed up with
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded