muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis)
dated; date; fixed; external
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
heated vegetables; warm vegetables
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
two at a time; two by two; in twos
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
pupil; student; schoolchild
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
forcibly; against one's will
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
and; thereupon; because of that
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch