to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
on bad terms; at loggerheads
parents and siblings; one's relatives
prickling; stinging; tingling
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
private funds; own funds; private property
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
action of making something; -ification
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to grow up; to become an adult
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
subordinate work; assistant; servant
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to sell off; to sell completely
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile