senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
low dining table; tea table
Buddhist memorial service
closely; compactly; leaving no space
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
gem; jewel; precious stone
eating between meals; snacking
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
kimono fabrics shop; draper
front shrine; hall of worship
detour; circumvention; turning movement
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)