due form; official; formality
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
materials; data; document
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
leadership; initiative; spearhead
almost; roughly; approximately
elopement; running away with a lover
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
either way; in any case; one way or another
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to some extent; to a certain extent
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to gather; to collect; to assemble
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)