hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
administrator (of a building); manager
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
to pay attention; to be watchful
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
rei-shabu; cold shabu-shabu; shabu-shabu where the meat is cooled before dipped in sauce
time (for, to do); time (to finish a race, lap, etc.); time-out; thyme
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
the same night; that night
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
instead; but (on the other hand)