to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
life; living; I; me; student
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
perfect attendance and punctuality (at school or work)
prize for diligence or good attendance
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
the other day; a few days ago
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
support; backing; aid; assistance
duty; function; office; mission; task
failure; mistake; blunder
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness