training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
future (usually near); prospects
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
heir; inheritor; successor
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
home area; home town; local
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
separate; scattered; apart
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
as a child; when one was a child
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
at that time; in those days
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
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)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now