treatment; service; handling; management
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
as a child; when one was a child
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
reading aloud; recitation
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to have a talk; to tell a story
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
greeting; a fine thing to say
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
large sketchbook used during TV filming to notify the cast of special stage direction, relay messages, etc.; cue card; crib sheet; cheat sheet
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age