local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
company director; board member
after school (at the end of the day)
to make one's rounds; to patrol
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to collect information; to gather knowledge
bento; Japanese box lunch
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
if so; in that case; in that situation
close-cropped hair; shaven head
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
to lose one's way; to get lost
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence