elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
school trip; field trip; excursion; long walk; excursion (on foot)
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
to monitor closely (for rule-breaking, etc.); to keep a close eye on
money tree; gold mine; cash cow; jade plant (Crassula ovata); money plant
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to be quick-witted; to be tactful; to be sensible
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
to experience hardship; to suffer a bad experience; to be put in a tough spot
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
to slim down; to lose weight
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
information transfer; information transmission
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
open field; empty lot; plain
Syrah (wine grape variety); scilla (plant)
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
to not be taken seriously
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
long-term storage; long-term preservation