to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
to be found; to be discovered
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November); late autumn; late fall
higher commercial school (pre-WWII); commercial college
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
home and abroad; domestic and foreign; inside and outside; interior and exterior
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
winter vacation; winter holidays
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
opening ceremony (of the school term)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to have an idea; to have a clue
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
Italian submarine Scirè (S527)
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
society; public; community; social studies
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
written apology; written statement of regret
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint