easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to step back; to walk backwards
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to detain; to check; to restrain
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
results; record; grades; marks
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)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
continuing one's education into university
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
many nights; hundred nights
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
preparatory course; preparatory department
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
appearance; how one looks to others; towards the outside; outside part
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on