bento; Japanese box lunch
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
bento; Japanese box lunch
by myself; in person; by oneself
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to breathe out; to exhale
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
boy; son; baby boy; young man
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
fast-talking; rapid talking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
year of the Boar (e.g. 2007, 2019, 2031); year of the Pig
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
full of things one could poke fun at; full of inconsistencies; absolutely ridiculous
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
first year of high school; first-year high school student
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
being born between January 1 and April 1 (school entrance date)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer