nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
superiority complex; sense of superiority
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to concern; to be related
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
(not) even once; (not) ever
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
notice; attention; observation
how; in what way; by what means
event; phenomenon; matter
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
-less; lacking; non-existing
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)