good wife and wise mother
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
electric water boiler; thermo pot; hot water dispenser
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
junior high school student; middle school pupil
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
pot; (volcanic) crater; buttocks; gay man; queer; faggot
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
another school; other schools
minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
young and cheeky; brash; sassy
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
overseas student; exchange student
freckle; lentigo; ephelis; (arch.) buckwheat chaff