student guidance; student counseling
monjayaki; dish of pan-fried batter with various fillings
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to go back to square one; to make a fresh start; to be back where one started
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to attract; to be used to
foundation (makeup); foundation garment; foundation (organization); underpainting (in oil painting)
barely; just; narrowly; with difficulty
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
to recover consciousness; to come to
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unmarried woman who has lost her virginity
stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
second marriage; remarriage
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
quickly; swishing; whooshing
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
second (unit of time); arc second
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
to become better; to improve
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
to shave off; to scrape off