free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
teahouse that sells fruit (or serves fruitcake, etc.)
cable railway; funicular (railway); cable car
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
endless; boundless; everlasting
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
loved one; lover; sweetheart
to translate; to interpret
end of war; cessation of hostilities
nice; likeable; desirable
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
tide; current; tendency; trend
language of the enemy (esp. English in Japan during WWII)
voluntary restraints; self-limitation
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
educational or school system
reform; reformation; reorganization
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
present; current; in operation
required subject; compulsory course
educational interface; the classroom; the chalkface