even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
until now; so far; up to the present
honour; honor; glory; privilege
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
new book; new publication
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
trouble; bother; annoyance
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
last week; the week before
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
by means of; due to; because of; according to
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely