difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
protection from insects; insect repellence
periodic; regular; routine
airing of clothes, hanging scrolls, etc. (to prevent damage from insects and mould)
moisture; humidity; dampness
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
dividing vertically; vertical split; top-to-bottom sectioning; division into sections; splitting lengthwise
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
how; in what way; how about; questionable
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
another time; some other time
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
boisterously; roughly; briskly
to torment; to torture; to harass
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
excursion; field trip; school trip
school rules; school regulations
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality