among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
Japanese person; Japanese people
practice; practising; training; study
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
reality; actuality; hard fact
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
to be to the point; to be pertinent
question; inquiry; enquiry
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
how many years; how long; what year
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
otherwise; or else; if not
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
cartoon-character costume
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
give-and-take; give and take
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to complete decisively; to do to completion
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
compilation; editing; recording