to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
leaving school during a term
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
biological child; one's own child
construction; establishment
incident; affair; happening; event
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation