the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles); Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
seniority by length of service
to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to
embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing; stealing
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
important post; important office; key position
personnel management; personnel administration
power; authority; influence
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
rice cracker seasoned with soy sauce; salty rice cracker
article; thing; object; property; real estate
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to look down on; to condescend
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
woman who forced her husband into marriage
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
narrow-minded; small-minded; close-minded; intolerant
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
education or school expenses
uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; uninteresting
brightness of snow; reflected light of snow; (by) snow light
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
being used to socializing with women (of a man)
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
cave; cavern; den; grotto