to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
that's the way it is; such is life
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
threatening letter; intimidating letter
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
sympathy; empathy; response
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
intimidation; threat; bluster
going to the bathroom in a group; going off to urinate together
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
slight; thin; on the weak side
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
far away in the distance; in the far distance
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that