cirrocumulus cloud; mackerel sky
deserted house; ruined house; abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family
to lose population (e.g. of active forum members, etc.)
mushroom cloud (from nuclear explosion, etc.)
announcement (e.g. in a train station)
"awakening of insects" solar term (approx. March 6, the day on which hibernating insects are said to come out of the ground)
study guide (to supplement a textbook); crib; key
to sit silently at a meeting
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
mistress; kept woman; (lit.) No. 2
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
heading; header (in soccer); butting (in boxing)
real world; outside world (e.g. the world outside of school)
cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
artificial breasts; fake breasts
going to and fro; back and forth
before one could; in no time at all; without a gap
menopause; change of life
thickly (filled with smoke or steam)
light brown; golden brown