unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
modesty; humility; being humble
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to apologize; to apologise
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that