self-education; self-instruction; self-study
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
downward spiral; negative spiral; vicious circle
personification; impersonation; embodiment
at least; at most; (even) just
sincere; earnest; serious
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
too much; excessively; too
to spend time (on doing something)
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
fifth day of the month; five days
changing completely; transformation
in the same way as; just like
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade