to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
both hands; both arms; ten
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to feel; to sense; to experience
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
in the prefecture; prefectural
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
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)
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
it is not (like that) either
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
ago; since; before; previous
school rules; school regulations
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
several years; a few years
existence; possession; having; limited company
existence; possession; having; limited company
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more