alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
old friend; old acquaintance
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
duty; obligation; responsibility
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
within the year; before the year is out
and; thereupon; because of that
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
physical work; manual labour (labor)
no matter how much time passes
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
beanbag (often seat-shaped); bean bag
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
management; administration; operation
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
to discuss; to talk together
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)