to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
broad view; big picture; wide perspective
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
that's the way it is; such is life
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
sales; selling; marketing
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to perceive; to understand
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance