New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
professor; teaching; instruction
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
(medical) doctor; physician
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
distant look; faraway look
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
on the occasion of; at the time of
to repeat; to do something over again
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
that's the way it is; such is life
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
corridor; hallway; passageway
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
single word; a few words; brief comment
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
article; news story; report; account
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie