cultivation; refinement; culture; education
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
older sister; elder sister
private tutor; coach; governess
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
solely; entirely; only; or
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
the relation of master to servant
human relations; personal relationships
low-level; trivial; coarse; low-dimension
quarrel; dispute; argument
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to compete with; to vie for
interrogation; hearing; trial
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
court (of law); courtroom
underworld; underside of society
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
equal amount; same quantity
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
arbitration; intercession; mediation
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
rest; break; recess; intermission
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)