error; mistake; slip; bug
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
charcoal; charred remains
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
dichlorodiphenyl-trichloro-ethane; DDT
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
husband and wife; married couple
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
coloured paper; colored paper
woman; lady; adult female
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
primary school; elementary school; grade school
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing