year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
primary school; elementary school; grade school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
society; the world; the times
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
somehow; for some reason or other
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
all; entire; whole; altogether
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
name; given name; first name
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed