cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis); Confederate rose; dixie rosemallow; lotus blossom
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
the staff; inside the department
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
early on; earlier on; from early
club activities; extracurricular activities
discipline; training; teaching manners
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
staffroom; teachers' lounge; faculty lounge
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to be too numerous; to be too much
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
alternately; in succession
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); chinkoro (traditional lucky sweet in shapes of various animals sold at new year's events, predominantly in Niigata prefecture); person of low status; low-life; cee-lo (dice gambling game)
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
self-; from (a time or place)
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
to cry and shout; to scream
asking for the moon; asking for the impossible; asking for too much; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism