staff; member (club, society, etc.)
leaving a club; quitting a club
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
deputy head teacher; vice principal
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to muster up one's courage
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
dining; dining room; meal
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)