check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
home area; home town; local
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
person who oversleeps; sleepyhead
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
everybody; every last one of them; all
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
talking while standing; standing around talking
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
late at night; at a late hour
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
parts; accessories; components
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
customization; customisation
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely