selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to be surprised; to be astonished
until now; so far; up to the present
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
two times; twice; two degrees
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
how; in what way; how about
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
determination; resolution
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to take over; to hand over
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
private tutor; coach; governess
to employ; to hire; to charter
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside