unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
Moomin (troll characters in Tove Jansson's series of books)
slitheringly; wriggling, slipping and sliding
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
electric appliance store; electrician
under ... years of age; less than ... years old
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
trouble; bother; annoyance
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to relax; to feel at home
televising; broadcasting; airing
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)