to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
in that way; like that; that way
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
personal; individual; private
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to live; to reside; to inhabit
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth