志

application (form)

Chinese-style low dining table

Abbreviation

Japanese-Chinese cuisine, served family-style (large dishes, diners help themselves), specialty of Nagasaki Chinese style low dining table

Kansai-ben; Often 志っぽく

soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

non-volitional; involuntary; spontaneous; unintentional

great ambition; lofty aspiration

affection among kindred spirits; bonding; fellow feeling

weak-willed; a small token of appreciation

The Chronicles (books of the Bible)

coming-of-age ceremony for middle school students

age 15

pride; self-conceit

etymological dictionary; glossary; thesaurus

history of words

long-cherished desire

Shisuikai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Nikai faction

Shikōkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Aso faction

Grammar

conjugation denoting volition (in Japanese)

Usu. as 〜で or 〜にして

leaving one's objective incomplete; leaving one's ambition unfulfilled; being unable to achieve one's goal

free will

to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish

to burn with combativeness

decision-making

desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world

reason for (one's) application (esp. to a company)

to be like-minded; to have the same goal

carrying out one's original intention