education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
stealthily; secretly; in secret
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
person affected by a disease; sufferer
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
self-defense; self-defence
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
family; relatives; dependents; household
next term; next period; next version; next release
(present) head of a family
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
concealment; suppression; hiding
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate