wish; desire; ambition; choice
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
patience; endurance; perseverance
to be accepted by a university
school; school building; schoolhouse
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
horse-headed demon (in hell)
horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell
absence; disregard; indifference
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
attendance (at school); going to school
after school (at the end of the day)
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
practice; practising; training; study
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
February; second month of the lunar calendar
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night
house; dwelling; human habitation
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
operating room; operating theatre
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
incomplete fracture; partial fracture
state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
complete recovery; healing
recuperation; medical treatment
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation