track meet; athletic event for recording official times
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee
stupid idiot; total moron
family vacation; family trip
A district in Shibuya, Tokyo famous for being the center of Japanese youth culture and fashion
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
logo; Logo (programming language)
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university