to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
now that; since; so long as; because
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to comfort; to console; to amuse
talk about divorce or separation
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
feeling sick (suddenly); feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry (suddenly); being offended; being disgusted
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
pupil; student; schoolchild
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
final scene; the end; finale
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
very; much; greatly; a lot of
right in the middle (of); midst; height
at that time; in those days
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
annual (plant); first-year student
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
second-year student; biennial
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
good young man; agreeable youth
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
many; numerous; various; large number of
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
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)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little