school education; formal education
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to take (be in) charge of
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
first month of the lunar calendar; January
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
elder sister; effeminate man
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
such; this sort of; like this
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
pupil; student; schoolchild
to look around; to survey
how; in what way; how about
short homeroom (at the beginning and end of the school day)
transfer student; student changing schools
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
time; season; period; phase; stage
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
one's original family name; maiden name
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to say; to be called; to do
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
corridor; hallway; passageway
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
time; hour; period; class