world; society; people; the public
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
party; set; gang; company; person
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
Ehime prefecture (Shikoku)
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
non-denominational; churchless
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
evangelist; evangelistic worker
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
economics department; economics school
assistant professor; associate professor
college of general education
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
one's chief (literary) work; main work
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
third son; Occella iburia (species of poacher)
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
high rice field; very fertile rice field
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
squamous cell carcinoma; SCC
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
foundation stone; cornerstone
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
Mie prefecture (Kinki area)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
infancy; childhood; tender age