self-esteem; feeling of self-approval
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
2nd day of the month; two days
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; overdone; over par; overexposure
7th day of the month; seven days
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
to have a meal; to take a meal
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
school building; schoolhouse
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
consists of; comprises; is made up of
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
lower region; lower part; region below
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)