companion; company; tritagonist
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
master; teacher; stable master
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
to employ; to hire; to charter
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
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)
story; tale; talk; discussion
senior high school student
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
foreign; abroad; overseas
to focus on particular aspects of things
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
this (very thing); this precisely
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
-less; lacking; non-existing
carrying out to the end; bringing to completion
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
parting; separation; farewell
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)