participation; joining; entry; adherence
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
in the future; another day; later
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
building (physical structure) of a kindergarten, preschool, etc.
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to shout (in anger); to yell
wrapped offering (of money)
going around; patrol; round; tour
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
something; some kind of; for some reason
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
to rush over; to run up to
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
bento; Japanese box lunch
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
only; merely; but; no more than
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
food; food products; foodstuffs
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)