embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
school camp; outdoors school
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
theme; subject; motif; theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to ascend; to go up; to climb
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to surge; to well up; to gush out
vitality; (one's) life force
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
one's party piece; parlor trick; hidden talent
rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
this and that; such and such
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
back off!; leave me alone!
neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
how many people; a number of people
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
rather than; more ... than ...
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)