personnel training; human resources development; character building
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
limp; listless; enervated; flaccid; wilting; soft
to grimace; to make a wry face
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
in comparison to; rather than
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
student (esp. a university student)
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to press a question; to cross-examine
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
co-op; (consumers') cooperative