Battle Royale (novel by Koushun Takami, 1999; film, 2000)
wow; kewl; awes; really?; are you kidding me?
allocation; assignment; allotment
non-profit; not-for-profit; non-commercial
grudge; malice; intention; disposition; obstinacy; reason
safe, easy childbirth; guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)
theory of education; view of education
example of use; usage example; use example
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
needlework; sewing; seamstress
disaster prevention practice
furniture store; furniture dealer
to value; to prize; to honor; to respect
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
traditional art; traditional performance art
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
entertainment; performance
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
botanical; vegetable; vegetal; vegetative
tools and materials; equipment and materials
price decision; price setting; pricing
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities
parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition