university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
otherwise; or else; if not
before god; before an altar
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to be contrary to one's expectations
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
literal translation; direct translation
to translate; to interpret
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
free translation; liberal translation
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
once in a while; occasionally; at long intervals
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
babble; gibberish; gobbledygook; gobbledegook
aphorism; epigram; witticism; bon mots
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
professor; teaching; instruction
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)