illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
resignation; acceptance; consolation
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
wherein; therein; thereinto
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
studying very hard; studying like mad
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
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)
special treatment; priority
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
as a child; when one was a child
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
blood relationship; blood relative
one's real father; natural father; biological father
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
picking; collecting; harvesting
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
just because; even if; even though
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)