to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
very young; little; childish; immature
three; three years of age
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
troublesome; annoying; complicated
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
3000; three thousand; many
how many people; a number of people
the opposite direction; the other way
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)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
by means of; due to; because of; according to
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
selfish; self-seeking; self-interested; mean
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
this for sure; certainly is
this world; this life; world of the living
work; business; company; study
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto