educational system; school system
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
catercorner; diagonally opposite
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to remain married for life
companion; partner; spouse
stimulating; exciting; provocative
height of; middle of; full bloom
modesty; self-control; discretion
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
refreshment; something refreshing; welcome relief; tonic; refreshing medicine
sharply; harshly; stingingly
bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
retaining wall; sheathing
finish; completion; the end
figurative expression; metaphorical expression
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
foundation stone; cornerstone
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
the same as always; day after day
fish-based cooking; fish dish
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
piece of meat; cut of meat
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
surströmming; Swedish dish of fermented herring
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness