slight reduction; small decrease
best regards; please take care of; please do
occupational therapist; OT; overtime; Old Testament
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to have the nerve to; to be bastard enough to
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
refinement; narrowing-down
2nd day of the month; two days
preparing (food) in advance; making in advance; pre-made; prepared in advance
as soon as ... is completed; as soon as ... is done; as soon as one is able to ...; as soon as one has (free time)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
both sides; two sides; double-sided
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
chicken katsu; chicken cutlet
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried); katsu
waste-water container (tea ceremony)
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
to triumph; to be elated with success