second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student
monaural; monophonic; mono
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
filtration; filtering; percolation
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
within the year; before the year is out
first cry of a newborn baby
district; section; sector
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
private affairs; personal matter
first-aid; emergency (aid)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to have a reason; to have an excuse
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
one by one; in detail; minutely
branch office; branch store
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
no matter how much time passes
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve