precocious; precocious child
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
closing of a school; closed school
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
specialization; specialisation
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
children's home; child care institution; orphanage
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
life; living; I; me; student
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
fresco (technique of blending wet plaster with water-based paint); (laboratory) flask
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
light; easy; non-serious; minor
acorn barnacle (Balanomorpha spp.)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish