while; during; while; although; all; both
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
serious; not joking; straight
genuine article; real thing; real deal
present continuous tense; present progressive form
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
senior high school student
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
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)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
almost; roughly; approximately
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to become pale; to turn pale