reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
another's parent; another's parents
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
scriptures; canon; teaching guide
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
passing (an examination); making the grade
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
person who avoids others; social outcast
to act cocky; to put on airs; to be full of oneself
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
in accordance with; subordinate to
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
roundhouse kick; turning kick
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
emphatic sentence-ending particle
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
stability; security; equilibrium
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience