to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to have a talk; to tell a story
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
last week; the week before
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
straggling; falling behind; being left behind; falling behind the ranks; falling out of line
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
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 ...)
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
ranchu; variety of goldfish
leisure; leisure time; spare time
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
to subsist; to keep on living
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles