to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
critical condition; being on the verge of death
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
old friend; familiar face
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
film studies; cinema studies
electric water boiler; thermo pot; hot water dispenser
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
horseplay; fooling around
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up