runner-up; second (in a race)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
bright person; talented student; prodigy
to make sense; to be meaningful
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
government service; the bureaucracy
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
secret; private; surreptitious
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
birth; creation; formation
wet nurse; nursing mother
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
very interesting; of great interest
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
self-cleansing power; being capable of purifying oneself
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to be helpful; to be useful
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
servant; manservant; menial
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
that year; same year; same age