movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
review (of learned material); revision
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
bright person; talented student; prodigy
to be pretentious; to put on airs
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
long ago; a long time ago; already
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
in a day; in a brief space of time
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
anything and everything; just about everything
to crumble away; to collapse
silence (not speaking); muteness
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
private tutor; coach; governess
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep