bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
sleeping pill; sleep medication
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
experience; history; record; career
Okayama (city, prefecture)
institute of technology; technological university; technical university; engineering college
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
... years old; age (of) ...
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
second marriage; remarriage
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
unmarried; not yet married
living by oneself; living alone
technical high school; industrial high school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
guidance; direction; leading; guidance of juveniles to prevent delinquency; taking into custody (esp. of minors) for their protection
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
yen (currency of Japan); circle
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark