feces; excrement; number two
to have a rumor circulating
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
roofed mud wall around a villa or temple
might as well; sure, why not; why not use this occasion to ...
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
student number (for seating, etc. in class)
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
reason for being; raison d'être
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
as a child; when one was a child; childhood