reason; cause; history; origin
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
return; arriving home; conclusion; reduction
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
prepaid (phone, card, etc.)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
standard; set; routine; decided
homeroom; form room; form class
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
sign; indication; omen; symptom
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
to blame; to find fault with
being left out; being ostracized
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
primer; introductory book; (beginner's) guide
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
to devise; to plot; to plan
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
houses and inhabitants; population
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly