anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
expert(ise); skill; dexterity
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
samurai; warrior; military family
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
writing; composition; essay; sentence
recitation; reciting from memory
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
special training; intensive training; crash course
(giving) instruction; initiation
to make one's heart flutter
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
commencing with; including
humanities; social sciences; liberal arts
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
state of mind; mentality; psychology
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
study of antiquities; archeology
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to become settled; to be fixed
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary