companion; follower; attendant; retinue
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to ask; to enquire; to query
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)
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
women's college; women's university
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
student marriage (esp. university, college, etc. students)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
since then; from that time; ever since
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
in spite of; regardless of
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
recovery; rescue; recapture
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
being startled; getting a shock
secret understanding; collusion