black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil
blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
wish; desire; ambition; choice
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to rebuke; to scold harshly
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to snap; to break (under pressure)
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success