continuing one's education into university
to be transparent; to leave a gap
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
two dimensions; fictional world of anime, manga, video games, etc.
unless (you do something)
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
association; society; organization; organisation
headquarters; head office; main office
this and that; various things
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
Germanic (people, language, culture, etc.)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
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...)
English-speaking world; English-speaking countries; Anglosphere
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926); Emperor Yoshihito
citizen's holiday; by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays (e.g. between 1985 and 2006 May 4, now Greenery Day)
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
sales battle; business competition
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
decoration; ornament; trimmings
New Year's pine decoration
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
tree (e.g. Christmas); tree structure; tree diagram
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism