already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
department (faculty) of literature
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
that year; same year; same age
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
heart attack; to have a heart attack
financial power; financial means; wealth
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
revising (e.g. manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
to go through several printings; to run into several editions
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
debut work; one's first work
year of a person's death; one's age at death
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
thorough; exhaustive; complete
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
tendency; trend; inclination
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
brief personal record; short curriculum vitae; short CV
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy