eleventh day of the month; eleven days
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion
using as an intermediary; through
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
triangles (used in mechanical drawing); set square
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
episode; anecdote; vignette
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
older sister; lass; young lady
at a young age; while still young
to pierce through; to break through
complete change; about-face
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
each house; every house; many houses
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
in search of; in order to look for
to be late; to be unpunctual
dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; (lit.) cat tongue