worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
retail store; retail shop
courtroom sketch; courtroom illustration
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
United States men's Olympic basketball team
that goes without saying but also ...; not only that but ...
startup; booting; launching (of a program); startup (company)
preparations for a journey; travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit
manuscript; version; draft
making a killing; making easy money; robbery; robber
tour conductor; tour guide
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather
relative evaluation; comparative assessment
lowish; somewhat low; on the low side; low (ball)
to hit the bottom; to bottom out
surprise; something unexpected
very stormy weather (at sea); very poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
remote lesson; remote class; online lesson
novel coronavirus (esp. SARS-CoV-2)
face-to-face lesson; face-to-face class
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
without sparing time for sleep
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
old model; old type; old style
infectious disease; infection
survivor's guilt; survivor guilt
cluster; cluster; cluster (unit of disk space allocation); cluster (group of computers); clique; faction
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
elementary and middle schools
corona; coronavirus; COVID-19