great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
shaoxingjiu (Chinese alcohol made from rice or glutinous millet)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
very recently; in the very recent past
Dostoevskii; Dostoyevskii
difficult to approach; inaccessible
dwelling; house; residence; address
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
living; lifestyle; living room
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
tear gland; lacrimal gland
mortarboard; trencher; (square) academic cap formerly worn by Japanese university students
female university student; female college student
blighted love; disappointed love
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
cut end; section; opening; slit
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
being under the rule of; being under the government of
pre-war days; before the war
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly