or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
Sugawara Bunta (1933.8.16-2014.11.28)
showily decorated truck (e.g. chrome, air-brushed pictures, colored lights); art truck
the first star to appear in the evening
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
one thin flat object; one sheet
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
quince monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); yellow-head monitor
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to become better; to improve
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
class president; head class representative
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo