death penalty; capital punishment
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
study group; study meeting
while studying; presently studying
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
somewhat below; slightly below
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) pickled just overnight
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
puffing (smoke or steam); puff-puff (of a steam locomotive); steaming; (one's body) feeling hot; coo-coo (of a pigeon); choo-choo (train); pigeon
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)
one grain; one drop; one bead
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
thing that brings good or bad luck; popular belief; superstition; jinx
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
error; fumble that leads to failing to put out a runner
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
collecting series of stamps at railway stations, tourist spots, etc.
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
stamp; sticker (in messaging apps); (large) emoji
to walk (a bicycle, scooter, etc.); to push; to wheel
security police; special police; special; TV special; 78-rpm record; standard play (VHS recording speed); SP
S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second
travel voucher; travel coupon
revitalization of a town; town renewal (project)
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
roller skating; roller skates
skateboard; skateboarding
overriding principle; main principle; great principle
indirection; indirectness
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
night duty; night shift; night work
(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy