customer service office; CSO
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
popular name; common name; given name
going to school in groups
mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed)
Ultraman (from famous Japanese tokusatsu Ultra Series drama)
plateau; tableland; eminence
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
Japanese syllabary; kana; aiueo
book with the look and layout of a magazine
clingingly; (stuck) together; (pressed) all the way down; (flopping) down
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee
grains; lumps; granulated; lumpy; bumpiness
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
congratulations on entering a school; gift to someone entering a school
Kentucky Fried Chicken; KFC
pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object; unripe fruit
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
pattern paper (for dressmaking)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself