cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
to gain fame; to make one's name
training room (hall); gymnasium
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
under repair; out of service
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
to comb down; to smooth down
to get angry; to lose one's temper
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
(a) slight; disrespect; making light (of); neglect
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
to be in common; to have in common; to be in mutually understood; to be mutually connected; to have a link
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
bashful; shameful; ashamed
practicing by oneself; self-instruction
every evening; every night
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
strange; mysterious; queer
waving a stick; conductor (orchestra, etc.); (arch.) Edo policeman
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
the future; future prospects
to rank with; to rank among
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
to take a breath; to take a short rest
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics