good feeling; feeling good
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
older sister; elder sister
advanced level; high grade; senior
unofficial report; confidential report
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
notice; attention; observation
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
guardians; parents; father and older brother
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to crouch; to squat; to cower
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
negotiations; discussions; connection
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
municipal office; council; city hall
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
making do; getting by (somehow); managing