copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
even though; despite; when
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to pass (of time); to elapse
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
impossible; unlikely; improbable
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
schoolgirl; female student
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
pupil; student; schoolchild
under control (e.g. of territory)
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
to cover fully; to wrap around
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
head of the student council; president of the student council
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
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)
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
in proportion to; according to; depending on