ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to have meaning; to be meaningful
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
both; both sides; both parties
professor; teaching; instruction
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
to cause someone to worry
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
middle of the night; dead of night
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
great difference; major mistake
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
prime of one's working life