family-oriented; familial
to be worn out (from domestic life)
househusband; stay-at-home dad
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
to sit for an examination
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to oil (e.g. a frying pan); to grease
interval; break; pause; spare moment
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
to leave (a scene); to step away
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
to despise; to scorn; to look down on
one shō bottle (1.8 litres)
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
all night long; all through the night
tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; noisily; ears ringing
switching over to; migration; transition
study group; study meeting
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition
one's figure during sleep
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
athletic-style shirt; running vest