direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
finding employment; getting a job
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)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
senior; elder; person older than oneself
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
speech; expression; wording; language
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
(having) life-and-death power (over)
right (to do something); authority; power
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
system; institution; organization; organisation
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
well-bred; of good upbringing
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant