to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
history of; experience of
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
business world; business circles; (the) industry
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
formal marriage interview
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
older brother; elder brother
(medical) doctor; physician
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
family; members of a family
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch