contrast; antithesis; comparison
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
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)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
guard; security (officer); guardsman
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
police identification card
cooperation; collaboration
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
suspicious character (person, figure)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
studio apartment; studio flat
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
water filter; water purification system
desperately; for one's dear life
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
one room apartment; studio apartment
modular bath; prefabricated bath
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
how many months?; how long?
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply