accumulation; accumulate; store
to be born; to come into this world
food and clothing; livelihood; living; to feed and clothe
worldly affairs; ways of the world
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect; insight
penetration; absolutely clear; not dirty; clearness
leading person; foremost figure
scholarship; scientific attainments
(written) work; book; writings
containing; keeping; comprehending; entertaining (an idea)
small fraction (of); drop in the bucket; drop in the ocean
pre-war days; before the war
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
Chinese book; Chinese classics
book in Japanese; book bound in the Japanese style
shallow knowledge; superficial learning
predecessor; people of former times
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
number of times; frequency; count
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
major incident; major happening; big scandal
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
depiction; including in a picture; delineation
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
worry; mental agony; heartache
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work