pupil; student; schoolchild
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
feeling like friends; the feeling of friendship
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
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)
teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
bent back; hunchback; stoop
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
attaching the familiar suffix "-chan" to somebody's name
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to live; to make a living; to get on with
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
sticker for new car drivers
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
legendary beast; magical beast
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character