acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
hibernation; staying indoors during winter
hard-fought win; winning through perseverance
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
child born within a year of another; children born in consecutive years
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
being on stage without respite; performing continuously; staying out the entire time; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)
eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
earning the first (runs); preoccupation
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
girls' or women's division or section
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
leaving a club; quitting a club
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
report; notification; registration
senior high school; high school
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene