acrylic (esp. fibre or resin)
mobile; mobile (sculpture)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
to keep an eye on; to take care of
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
women's college; women's university
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
start of a course; start of lectures; opening of a new course; offering a course (for the first time)
fee; charge; rate; material
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
elective subject or course
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
private (non-governmental) school (college, university)
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road
eastern mountains; mountains to the east; Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); Higashiyama (Kyoto district)
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless