to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
bump (e.g. on forehead); lump; protuberance; swelling
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
a lot; a great deal; plentifully; properly; sufficiently; fully
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
fundraising; financing; cash flow
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
accuracy of fire (gun, missile, etc.)
to frolic about; to mess around
with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)
extremely; very; really; super; so
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to be main; to be principal; to be important
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
education gap; achievement gap in education; educational inequality
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school