to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
indulgent to (one's) children
reproachful; hateful; bitter
(a) slight; disrespect; making light (of); neglect
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
a long time (since the last time)
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
school festival; campus festival
returning from school; going home from school
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
festival; feast; carnival
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
drama; theatre; theater; play
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
club activities; extracurricular activities
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
show; exhibition; spectacle
stone oven; masonry oven; brick oven
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
Frankfurt (Germany); frankfurter; frank
granulated sugar; brown sugar
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
authenticity; credibility