to slap; to strike; to spank
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
etc.; et cetera; and so on
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
infantry (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force); general education curriculum
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus; mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
jumping to a wrong conclusion
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
obligation chocolate; chocolate given by women to male colleagues, etc. out of obligation on Valentine's day
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
on bad terms; at loggerheads
favourite motto; pet saying
once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
looks; personal appearance; features
angular; angular-shaped; sharp-pointed
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
tune (melody, piece of music)
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
parking area for bicycles
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
maternity leave; paternity leave