regular school; school that follows the regular curriculum
chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
boarder; boarding student
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
recipe site; recipe website
pinch (of something); one piece; easy victory
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
non-standard product; non-standard goods
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
to give; to do (something) for
gradual decrease; decline
to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely
earnings from a part-time job
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
women's college; women's university
expiry date (esp. on food); expiration date; use-by date
miso eaten as it is; neat miso as an accompaniment
fine weather; fair weather
brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
radiant heat; photothermal
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
existence; possession; having; limited company
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum