notice of resignation; (one's) resignation; resignation notice
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
grasp; catch; understanding
progressive (enterprising) spirit
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to rank with; to rank among
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
proposal; offer; request; application
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
originally; by nature; from the start
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to be too numerous; to be too much
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
studying abroad; travelling to study; traveling to study
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to understand; to comprehend
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
strapping Kyushu lad; virile son of Kyushu
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
in good health; alive and well; going strong