important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
desperately; for one's dear life
town; city; municipal; urban
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)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
teacher's license (licence) (required to teach in preschool, elementary or secondary schools)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
selection; choice; option
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
early (days); initial stage; initial
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to accept; to receive; to agree
to some extent; to a certain extent
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
catchphrase; promotional line; slogan
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
professor; teaching; instruction
largest class; top category
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
foreign; abroad; overseas
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about