huge rock; firmness; solidity
one more time; once more; once again
rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
captured piece that can be reused; person or object held in reserve; available means
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
adjustment; coordination; regulation
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
new graduate; recent graduate
joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
sending home; repatriation; deportation
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
call; summons; convening; convocation
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
beginning; clue; starting point
ability to ignore bad things happening to one; power to not get upset or worked up (by ignoring something)
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups