diligent; hard-working; industrious
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
average; ordinary; normal
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
home; household; family; hearth
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to gather; to collect; to assemble
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)