same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
time series; chronological order; chronology
strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write
lucky tea (var. of tea made from sea tangle, black soybeans, pepper, pickled plums, etc. and drunk on festive occasions); New Year tea
The Runaway Riceball (book)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
The Little Match Girl (1845 short story by Hans Christian Andersen)
a person without a single relative
to marry into a family of rank; to marry money
to come out completely; to be fully expressed (of views, ideas, etc.); to be aired fully; to be exhausted; to run out
long-awaited; much-awaited
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; inexperienced (in love); innocent; naive
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
salted rice-bran paste for pickling
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery
the lower classes; the common people
and yet; though; when; in spite of
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
on bad terms; at loggerheads
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
fashion sense; sense of fashion
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
hostility towards people close to oneself (family, associates, etc.); bearing hatred for one's peers
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want