grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
correction; rectification; mending; repair
clothes; clothing; garments
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
(dying of) natural causes
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
had better ...; had better not ...
to continue to work; to work away (at)
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
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)
leaving school during a term
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations