infancy; childhood; tender age
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
estimate (of costs); budget
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
after school (at the end of the day)
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
commander; general; leader
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
empirical; from experience
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
to give a broad grin; to smirk
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
open field; empty lot; plain
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
homeroom; form room; form class
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
settlement; solution; resolution
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits