indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
duty; obligation; responsibility
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
item; something that one "just has to have"
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
women who excel; women in prominent positions
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
not yet known; unknown; strange
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
information leak; data breach
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
warm; snug; cozy; cosy; comfortable; pleasant
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of