(one) letter; (one) character
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
written description of one's thoughts
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
discussion; debate; argument
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
guardian; protector; patron; parent
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
though one didn't intend (expect) to
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
to be parted from; to be separated
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
kiss scene; kissing scene
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone