winter vacation; winter holidays
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
diversion; putting something to another use
turning sideways; landscape orientation
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
proposal; offer; request; application
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to bring up under one's personal care
head start; initiative; preemption
ordinary; in the past; usual; regular
regard; consideration; thoughtfulness
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
teacher; instructor; professor
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
tolerance; broad-mindedness
bad form or manners; indecency; impropriety
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before