section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
physical education; PE; gym (class)
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)
leggings (stretchy skin-tight trousers); spats (footwear accessory); gaiters
out-of-school; off-campus
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
wind-swept; exposed to the wind
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
wall with exposed timber pillars
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)