turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
feeling of solidity; three-dimensionality; drawing highlights
addition; adding; supplement
you are cordially invited to participate; please come and join us
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
again and again; repeatedly
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
participation award; prize for participation
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
to one's delight; to one's joy
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
management studies; business administration (study of)
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
hiding one's embarrassment
dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married