to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
birth; creation; formation
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
set meal; special (of the day)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
summer vacation; summer holiday
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit
to feel oneself indebted to
bread roll sandwich with croquette filling
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
stairs; stairway; staircase
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
transfer student; student changing schools
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)