marking; grading; scoring
Japanese food; Japanese meal
yearned for; longed for; missed
natto (fermented soybeans)
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
(brute) force; using all one's might
clearing one's throat; cough
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
preceding paragraph; first part
please; somehow or other; one way or another
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
wide; extensive; comprehensive; far-reaching; widespread
Chinese whispers; telephone (game)
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
traditional art; traditional performance art
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
return; relapse; recurrence
falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
detective team; study group; club
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
promotion; raising of status