improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
branch family; cadet family; leaving one's employer to set up a new shop with the same name; (arch.) separate house
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
pro wrestling; professional wrestling
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to grow up; to become an adult
study; diligence; discount; reduction
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to be born; to come into the world
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
indicate reason; infers some protest
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling