inheritance; something given or received
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
surely; certainly; without doubt
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
department of English literature
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
home area; home town; local
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
just the other day; quite recently
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
store interior; inside of a shop
absolutely no smoking; complete smoking ban; total ban on smoking
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
other side; opposite side; other party
lack of relation (to); independence (of)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
possible; likely; probable
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily