living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
junior high school student; middle school pupil
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to sit down; to take a seat
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
now that you say that; now that you mention it
simply put; putting it simply; in short
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
there being no use in arguing (about it)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to harm; to cause harm to
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
conduct; behavior; behaviour
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained