whatever brought that on?
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
to be muddy; to be slushy
second (time unit); assistant; helper; second
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
judge's sentence; assessment of a case
year in, year out; always; 24-7
one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance
aesthetic feeling; aesthetic sense; sense of beauty
law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate
Treaty of Westphalia (1648)
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
course fees; training fees
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
regular (periodic) examination
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
certain; definite; clear; credible
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine