how many years; how long; what year
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
menial; meanness; servility; abject
second-year student; biennial
self-supporting student; working student
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to move (house); to change residence
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
The Life of an Amorous Man by Ihara Saikaku (famous novel from the Edo period)
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
real estate agent; realtor
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
holding two or more positions concurrently
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although