glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
generously; liberally; magnanimously
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
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)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
company; corporation; workplace
finding employment; getting a job
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
how many years; how long; what year
student (esp. a university student)
university graduate; having graduated from university
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
home area; home town; local
enterprise; business; company; corporation
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
while alive; during one's lifetime
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
it's been a long time; long time no see
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus