pull; patronage; tug; discount
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to amuse oneself; to make merry
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
yellowish; cream-coloured; cream-colored
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to torment; to torture; to harass
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
one-way mirror; two-way mirror
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
spring term (e.g. school); spring period
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
to be used to doing; to be experienced in
gentle; mild; meek; tender
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out