to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
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)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
interference; intervention; meddling
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to unfold; to unroll; to open
taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
beyond one's means or position
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
senior high school student
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
rationalization; justification
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
last week; the week before
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
reality; actuality; hard fact
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour