son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
senior high school; high school
teaching of English; English teaching
studying abroad at government expense
English(-language) literature; British literature
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
recuperation; medical treatment
I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)
launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue
serialization; serialisation; serial story
the teaching profession; education of laity
The Asahai Shimbun Company
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
common poppy (Papaver rhoeas); corn poppy; field poppy; red poppy
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
serial; serialized novel; serialised novel
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
seeking to improve one's health with a change of climate
accumulating good deeds; doing good
critical condition; being on the verge of death
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
return; relapse; recurrence
passer-by; traveler; traveller
light and darkness; light and shade
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
real life; actual life; everyday life
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with