spreading a piece of wet washing or paper on a board
Seishounenhogoikuseijourei
to go (somewhere) with a purpose
elective subject; elective class
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)
government course (curriculum) guidelines
falling asleep easily; finding it easy to fall asleep
maternity (motherhood); maternity (pregnancy); maternity dress
booby prize; prize for coming second-last
village garbage collection point
garbage collection site; trash disposal area
mainly cloudy; tending to be cloudy
Swahili (language); Kiswahili
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis); type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)
have a good day; take care; see you
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
intellectual-type gangster
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
yellowtail and daikon cooked with soy sauce
to become obsessed with; to be possessed (by spirits, etc.); to be obsessive compulsive (OCD)
waste-disposal facility; landfill; garbage dump
pregnancy test kit; pregnancy test
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
underline; side line (equivalent to underlining in vertically written text)
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
to do as much as is humanly possible; to try every possible means