assistant professor; associate professor
Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
Kagawa Nutrition University
study; research; investigation
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
major subject; special study
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
(wearing) low over one's eyes
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
smoke and fumes (e.g. from cooking); beacon; skyrocket; fireworks
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
along the way; along the road
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment