study group; study meeting
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
end of term; end of semester
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
metal fittings; metal fixtures
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
in the same manner as before; the same as always
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
excursion; field trip; school trip
room allocation; assignment of rooms
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
one large ...; a great ...
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period