chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
posing a question; question
black humor (humour); dark humor; gallows humor
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
pupil; student; schoolchild
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
zip fastener; slide fastener; Zipper (tradename)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile