to have a name entered in the family register
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be dejected; to be exhausted; to be tired out
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
outsider; layman; amateur
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
much less; to say nothing of
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
first year of high school; first-year high school student
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
malicious; scheming; black-hearted; cruel (contrary to outward behavior); sly; black-hearted
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
middle and high-school students
to get on well (with someone); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
salmon jerky; dried salmon; cured salmon
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
accessible; approachable; easy to approach
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
World Trade Organization; WTO
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan