what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
changing one's academic course
outsider; someone outside of a group
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
signature-collecting campaign
reduction; diminution; abatement
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
to be profitable; to yield a profit
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
independent; responsible; active; subjective
collection of books; (personal) library
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
annual (plant); first-year student
batman; officer's orderly
practicality; utility; usefulness
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
new student; freshman; first-year student
civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance
awareness of the issues; (having a) critical mind; concerns
change of occupation; career change
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
feigned tears; crocodile tears