to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
postwar period; period after Second World War
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
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)
classification; categorization; sorting
commuting to school; school commute
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
gifted education; special education for gifted children
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
advanced level; high grade; senior
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop