lodging together; training camp; boarding house
three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row
established practice; custom
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
head of the student council; president of the student council
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
soupy; containing more broth or sauce than usual (of gyudon, etc.)
clearly; distinctly; vividly
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to roll up one's sleeves and get to work; to buckle down
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to throw up; to vomit; to divulge; to reveal; to confess
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)