day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
just past noon; afternoon
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
reason; grounds; circumstances
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
business; work; operations; service; duties
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
attendance (at school); going to school
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
square (shape); square (open space); formal; methodical; square (tool)
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
bento; Japanese box lunch
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...