advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Japan Fine Arts Exhibition; JFAE; Nitten Exhibition
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
arts and crafts; artistic handicraft; fine and applied art
winning a prize; placing (high; in a contest)
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
dyeing; staining (a sample); dyed colour (color)
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
marriage proposal; marriage talks
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
diverse; various; wide-ranging
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
author; writer; novelist; artist
good-quality; superior in quality
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly