to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
letter; missive; note; mail
at long distance; in long intervals
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
oppression; suppression; pressure
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
schoolgirl; female student
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
overseas student; exchange student
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think