to be bony; to be angular
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
each; respectively; individually; separately
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
cultivation (of character, virtue, etc.); fostering; development (e.g. of a skill); (groundwater) recharge
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
elementary education; primary education
university education; college education (training)
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
how many years; how long; what year
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (a letter) till called for
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
to be rearranged; to be moved (around); to be changed; to be replaced; to be exchanged; to be switched
self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
scruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance; rough and uncouth vigor (vigour)
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
pronunciation; production of sound
to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
representative; exemplary; model