to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
both; both sides; both parties
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
the big two...; two major...; two main...
nonchalantly; without a care
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
that's the way it is; such is life
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
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)
alma mater clique; old school tie
sad; wretched; deplorable
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
had better ...; had better not ...
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to push aside; to brush aside
with a momentary flash of light
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn