knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)
bulletin (issued by a society); report; newsletter
and then; and so; and; so then
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
innocent; cherubic; childlike
westward trip; trip to the West
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
certain reasons; certain circumstances; professional constraints; (lit.) adult matters
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
spiritual aspect; mental aspect; emotional aspect
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
recommendation; referral; endorsement
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
locomotive; (train) engine
retort; back talk; backchat
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to pluck; to pick; to tear
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
to sing; to chirp; to twitter