night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
club activities; extracurricular activities
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
good-for-nothing; worthless
looking depressed; long face
to carry around; to carry on one's person
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
twice; again; second time
reorganization; reorganisation
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
to head home; to leave for home
to comfort; to console; to amuse
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
to leave behind; to misplace; to forget
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
lost article; lost property
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
chair; stool; post; office; position
place; situation; position; location