summer vacation; summer holiday
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
bento; Japanese box lunch
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
common; ordinary; conventional; customary