alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
graduation ceremony; commencement
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
moderate; proper; just right
warming up sake; warmed sake
brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
infancy; childhood; tender age
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
history of the Western world
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
very popular; highly favoured
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
letter; missive; note; mail
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
thousand years; very long period; forever
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
airmail; air mail; air service; air transport (of goods)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
traditional art; traditional performance art
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey