being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
student (esp. a university student)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
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)
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to accept; to receive; to agree
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
training (animals); breaking (animals)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
what people say; rumours; public opinion
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
safety; welfare; well-being
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
at; in; at; when; by; with
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
to find out; to discover; to locate
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
don't worry about it; never mind; it's OK
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to