last week; the week before
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
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)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
double; twice (as much); twofold
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
even though it is not; despite not
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
understanding person; supporter
(sexually) attractive older woman; mature woman; MILF
marriageable age; chance of marriage
graduation ceremony; commencement
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
youthful; young; young-looking
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
foundation stone; cornerstone
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to become dim; to become blurred
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence