side parting; hair parted to one side
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
discipline; training; teaching manners
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to say (something) over one's shoulder
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
manly; masculine; like a man
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to push aside; to push one's way through
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
climax; peak; zenith; apex
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
traveling expenses; travelling expenses
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
food and drink; eating and drinking
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
property; fortune; means; assets
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
one grade; first-class; primary
all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter
rich person; wealthy person
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to