Spartan; spartan; harsh; rigid; severe; strict
special price; bargain price
domestic help; domestic helper; domestic servant; maid
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
girls' or women's division or section
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
morning training (e.g. before school)
free time; time at leisure
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
early on; earlier on; from early
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party