grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
attendance (at school); going to school
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
enumeration; citation; listing
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
reading comprehension; ability to read and understand
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
queen; queen; queen (chess piece); Queen (highest title for female players in competitive karuta)
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.); orthodox school; authentic style; purist; follower of the orthodox school
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
chemical symbols (for the elements)
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
squatting (esp. with elbows on knees)
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
unlimited; endless; boundless; infinite
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
consists of; comprises; is made up of
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...