to have a rumor circulating
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
three; three years of age
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
parting; separation; farewell
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
many; much; plenty; hardly
(arch.) way; (arch.) road; way to ...; road to ...
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to stop walking; to pause
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
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)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
school building; schoolhouse
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
student in a higher grade; upperclassman