performance appraisal; performance review
special needs school; special support school
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
superintendent of education
minimization; minimisation
class disruption (e.g. due to discipline problems); classroom chaos
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
leaving the nest; going out into the world; becoming independent
great depth; bottomless; great height
honorable certificate; honourable certificate
temporary closure (of a shop, etc.); extra holiday; special holiday
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
graduation certificate; diploma; testamur
different (from); not the same (as)
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
(temporary) closure of school
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
senior high school; high school
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
private affairs; personal matter
truancy; school non-attendance
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
clearing one's throat; cough
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry