daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
from now; from this moment; henceforth
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
to be boisterously noisy; to do merrily (laughing, chattering, etc.); to shimmer; to ripple; to sparkle
volume (sound level); volume; bulk; volume (book); volume (storage area); potentiometer
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
razor burn; razor rash; razor cut
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
business discussion; negotiation
general framework; broad outline; rough idea; generally; broadly; in broad terms
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
express; special delivery