customer service office; CSO
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
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
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
pattern paper (for dressmaking)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to eat too much; to overeat
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
biological parent; real parent
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
time and time again; many times; a number of times
female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); mother; housewife; (female) pet owner; pet parent