school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple
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
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to teach; to take a teaching job
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
at a young age; while still young
education world or circles
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
school building; schoolhouse
small gathering; happy circle
in the morning; during the morning
more and more; increasingly; all the more
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
adviser; advisor; consultant
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
public and private; official and personal; government and people
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
this world; this life; world of the living