shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
whitebait; elver (young eel)
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
pleasant feeling; good vibes
to be greedy; to devour greedily
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
curse; spell; malediction
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart
report card; result sheet
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
in this manner; in this way; like this
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
narrow margin; slim margin
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
society; company; the public; the world
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
fee; charge; rate; material
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
launching; launch; end (of a theatrical run, etc.); closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party