to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
first meeting; first interview with
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
club activities; extracurricular activities
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
again; once more; a second time