private junior high school
someone (something) not to be trifled with
a new product joining a group of other products
combined junior high and high school
minimum temperature; lowest temperature; (today's) low
number of digits or characters
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
journalization (accounts); journalisation; bookkeeping
test of one's strength; test of one's ability
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
keeper of imperial archives; worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
turning into a cooler state; cooling down
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
legend; folklore; legend (e.g. on a map); usage guide; (living) legend; icon
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
record high; all-time high
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
clearing one's throat; cough
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
steady advance; carrying all before one
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?