exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
financial power; financial means; wealth
fortune-telling; divination
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
stall (in flying); downturn; slowdown; slump
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
having an ancient and honorable origin
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
ancestor; forefather; foremother
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
last ray of hope; only hope
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)