March; third month of the lunar calendar
graduation certificate; diploma; testamur
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
address in reply (e.g. at a ceremony); formal reply
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
threat; intimidation; menace
seeing one off; farewell; escort
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
hydration; rehydration; to hydrate; to rehydrate; to moisturize
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
Japanese person; Japanese people
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
in the same manner as before; the same as always
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization