reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
with a clatter; clatteringly
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sharp-witted; shrewd; clever
one by one; one each; one at a time
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing; robbery
lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous
indoor dog; dog kept indoors; house dog
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
briskly with small steps; trotting
fixed date; appointed date; set date; deadline; due date
enrollment in kindergarten; enrollment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
to force one's way through
counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot