excursion; field trip; school trip
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
ago; since; before; previous
two times; twice; two degrees
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
modernization; modernisation
equilibrium; good balance; poise
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
descendant; posterity; offspring
don't worry about it; forget about it
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
(not so) much; (not) very
forced laugh; forced smile
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
support; backing; patronage
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to prevent; to take precautions
knowing; (an) acquaintance
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be