simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
numbskull; dimwit; idiot; fool; dope
displaying books face-outwards
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
flustered; confused; panicked
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
southern part; the south (of a region)
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
lifting (a child) high up in the air
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
shameless; shameless person
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
other than; excluding; without
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
omniscience (of a buddha)
postwar period; period after Second World War