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 work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
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; granulated; lumpy; bumpiness
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 get married; to become a married couple
to have a talk; to tell a story
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
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 that; to come to be that; to turn into
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
how many years; how long; what year
person'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
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
labor; labour; manpower; working force
to loaf (particularly 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
all night; throughout the night
to have the memory of having done something oneself
casting; founding; minting