powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
Japanese person; Japanese people
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
ordinary people; general public; public at large
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
live coverage; on-the-spot telecast
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
together; at the same time; same; identical
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
club activities; extracurricular activities
understood; I see; OK; present; here
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
healthy; sound; wholesome