fourth day of the month; four days
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
temporary absence from school
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
two parts; two copies; the second part
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
without hesitation; frankly (esp. speaking); bluntly; cutting (forcefully, directly); piercingly
soccer club (at a school); football club
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
presence; sitting with; being with
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
chain-link fence; wire mesh fence
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
several weeks; a few weeks
episode; anecdote; vignette
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about