coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
at that time; in those days
one's original family name; maiden name
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to be surprised; to be astonished
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
society; the world; the times
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
innumerable; countless; numberless
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
small fraction; small proportion
world; society; people; the public
rating; classification; grading
to replace; to move; to change the position of
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)