(drink) at a gulp; with a gulp; in gulps
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
association; union; guild; labor union; labour union; trade union
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
there is nothing; having nothing
street at night; making a night journey
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
silence; stillness; quietness
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
telephone call; telephone (device)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
greeting; a fine thing to say
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
sake that has been kept in a wooden cask; cask sake; barreled sake
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar