popular (with); in favour (with); well received
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
hairdressing product (creams, gels, etc.); hairdressing fee; charge for a haircut
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
having an ancient and honorable origin
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to add (to); to add on; to append
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
Western affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner
forcibly; against one's will
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person