to suck; to draw out; to aspirate; to start to suck; to begin sucking
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
attenuation; damping; decay
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
amount of sugar; sugar content
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
student (esp. a university student)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
excellent sweet; confection of an established name
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
grains; lumps; drops; grainy; bumpy; coarse
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
to have a talk; to tell a story
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
misleading (someone); manipulation (e.g. of public opinion)
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
how many years; how long; what year
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
labor; labour; manpower; working force
to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses