bad weather; nasty weather
looking away; looking aside
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
catercorner; diagonally opposite
posing a question; question
guidelines; guiding principle; dictates
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
to remain married for life
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
one's best interests; one's own good
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)
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to rest one's chin in one's hands
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
to say; to tell; to state; to do
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
meal set before one; women's advances
order; command; directions; instructions
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange