identification; background check; identity confirmation
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
undertaker's office; funeral home; funeral parlor
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
retrogression; regression
everyday life; daily life
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
first year of high school; first-year high school student
general affairs department (bureau); executive section
to write down; to record; to register
narrator; storyteller; reciter
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
to temper thoroughly; to train well
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
topic of discussion; agenda
(arch.) way; (arch.) road; way to ...; road to ...
must-read; required reading
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
Nitobe Inazou (1862-1933)
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
black belt (judo, karate, etc.)
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
great difference; big difference; wide margin