easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
big leakage; uncontained leak
hills and fields; countryside
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
job hunting; job searching
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
foreign; abroad; overseas
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
several years; a few years
irresponsible; blithe; heedless; devil-may-care; sloppy; slipshod
to think too much; to be over-concerned
how many years; how long; what year
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
route; way; course; directions
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
man; male; masculine gender
care of schoolchildren outside of school time
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
periodic; regular; routine
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
the following week; the next week
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
instructor; advisor; adviser
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to teach; to take a teaching job
(arch.) small cedar; thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
at work; in the midst of work; working
to care for someone; to look after someone
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)