warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
nostril; nostrils; naris; nares
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to show up; to appear; to turn up
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
early (days); initial stage; initial
peerage (in Japan; 1868-1946); nobility; aristocracy
(your) daughter; young woman
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam
integrated education; integrated school system; system where students can progress from elementary through secondary levels without entrance examinations
student (esp. a university student)
charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to face; to go towards; to head towards
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)
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)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
several years; a few years