compensated dating (young men with older women)
skimmer (kitchen utensil)
one's manners; one's attitude
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts
after age 7, boys and girls should be kept apart
to formularize (a theory); to formularise
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
(following) a pragmatic (policy) line (approach)
solving a problem swiftly and skillfully
the full-day (school system)
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
thumb-marked; well-used; well-thumbed; worn-out (e.g. joke); stale; hackneyed
The Doll's House (play by Ibsen)
study (e.g. material); learning; for studying
collation; examining and comparing
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
aiueo-order; order of the kana syllabary
not mince matters; not mince one's words
customary; conventional; traditional; usual
area around the Hachikō statue at Shibuya Station in Tokyo (popular meeting point)
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult