support; backing; aid; assistance
residence; mansion; estate; dwelling
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to be contrary to one's expectations
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
aesthetic feeling; aesthetic sense; sense of beauty
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
aspiration; ambition; plan; hopes; wishes
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
floor above; floor upstairs
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
dear (old); good old; longed-for; classic; nostalgic
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
putting into operation; invocation
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
to crush; to squash; to overpower; to beat; to crush
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
official history; authorized history
(physical) science; natural science; physics; philosophy; neo-Confucianism
(instruction) manual; handbook
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds