success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
Iyo (former province located in present-day Ehime Prefecture)
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
family; relatives; dependents; household
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
two days later; day after next; next day but one
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
daimyo's spare residence or emergency refuge; residence of a daimyo's successor
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance