to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
junior high school student; middle school pupil
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
discipline; training; teaching manners
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
ago; since; before; previous
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to be needed; to be wanted
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to keep a watchful eye on
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
senior high school; high school
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)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
February; second month of the lunar calendar
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)