to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
tedious; boring; being fed up with
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
lymph gland; lymphatic gland; lymph node
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
stupidity; dull person; dullness
to one's delight; to one's joy
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
mountain river; mountain stream
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
soda pop (esp. fruit-flavored); pop; (fizzy) lemonade; sweet carbonated drink
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
on the way back; when about to go back
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination