tight skirt; straight skirt
(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)
moving to new seats; moving to new desks
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
sickness and health start with the mind
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits
official announcement; proclamation
Blue Impulse (JASDF aerobatic team)
acrobatic flying; aerobatics
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
weight (for scales); counterweight
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to commit a crime; to do evil
to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
wriggling; squirming; writhing; maneuvering (behind the scenes; of insignificant people); manoeuvring; planning mischief
squall; skoal; skol; cheers