merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools
trifling; trivial; slight
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
face value (of a security, bond, or currency); literal meaning; word for word (meaning); (at) face value
Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes); killifish; Japanese medaka
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
13th day of the month; 13 days
point in common; common feature
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
denkiburo; bath which includes an electric current, allegedly for health reasons
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
every evening; night after night
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
look of the sky (esp. of bad weather); weather; course (of events); situation; way the wind is blowing
to join together; to patch together
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet