skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
will not do; do not; does not
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
to laugh away; to laugh off
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
feeding (animals); provisioning
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
sentence structure; grammatical construction
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to have an idea; to have a clue
holding hands with fingers interlocked
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
soft serve ice cream (icecream)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
fried prawns; fried shrimp
deep-fried horse mackerel
surroundings; circumference
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long