to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to like; to love; to be fond of
common knowledge; well-known fact
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
in one's own way or style
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
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)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
several years; a few years
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to subsist; to keep on living
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to crumble away; to collapse
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to become dim; to become blurred
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater