basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
airsoft (war game using air guns firing plastic pellets); game of survival
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
massing (of troops); gathering
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
every year; yearly; annually
school festival; campus festival
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
supplementary classes or lectures
tenth day of the month; ten days
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
to join forces; to cooperate
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to get along well together; to be close to each other
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to become excited; to grow lively
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to