personal, private / secret

(formal) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

Alternative spelling of 私達 (“we; us”)

bored to death

Short for お茶の水女子大学 (Ochanomizu Joshi Daigaku, “Ochanomizu University”).

to give an evasive answer / to be evasive, to dodge the issue, to play games / to make do

yuba (dried tofu skin)

Classical Japanese and literary form of もえる (moeru, “to burn”)

Classical Japanese form of もえる (moeru, “to sprout”)

congee traditionally served on January 7th (七草の節句), made from 7 herbs (七草)