留

to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out

registered parcel

Card games

utagaruta; traditional matching game played with cards with stanzas of waka written on them

(permitted) period of stay (in a country); authorized length of stay; duration of stay

Trademark; From a NOVA language school slogan

studying at a language school near a station (instead of going abroad)

repeating a school grade; grade retention; grade repetition

detention pending trial

to inscribe one's name in history

to park a car

Organization name

Kurume University

studying abroad at government expense

family members left at home

student studying abroad at government expense

reservation of Japanese nationality (procedure used with children born outside Japan)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Willow Barrel (collection of Edo-period senryu); Haifu Yanagidaru

buckle

person interested in studying abroad; person wanting to study abroad

Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers

ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)

to keep (a student) back (to repeat a grade)

Proverb

he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it

hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower)

mooring facilities; moorage; berthing facility; berth

triangular hairpin