confusion; mixing; merger
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to make up for; to compensate for; to offset
trailer (vehicle); semi-trailer truck; trailer (for a film, video game, etc.)
identification; background check; identity confirmation
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
undertaker's office; funeral home; funeral parlor
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
retrogression; regression
everyday life; daily life
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
first year of high school; first-year high school student
general affairs department (bureau); executive section
to write down; to record; to register
narrator; storyteller; reciter
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
to temper thoroughly; to train well
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
topic of discussion; agenda
way; road; way to ...; road to ...
great writer; literary master; distinguished author
one's view of life; attitude toward life; outlook
must-read; required reading
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
Nitobe Inazou (1862-1933)