to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
common people; ordinary people; masses
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
genuine; authentic; true; real
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
overall victory; championship
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
second-year student; biennial
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely