five-day workweek system; five-day school week system; system of having two days off in at least one week each month
patience; endurance; perseverance
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
the way one waits on customers; service attitude
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
viewing as a problem; problematizing
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
last days; the end; one's fate
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
as if it were about oneself
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
(talking in a) half-joking manner
silence (not speaking); muteness
how long; how far; how much
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to take (be in) charge of
burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing
to grant someone's request; to do a favour
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
shotacon; attraction to young (or young-looking) boys; someone attracted to young boys
evening meal; dinner; supper
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
assortment (of food); assorted dishes; combination platter
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation