one-year-old; one year old
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
groundwork; solidifying the fundamentals; training of the basics
Rome was not built in a day
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
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
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
the other day; a few days ago
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to become misty; to become hazy
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
time; season; period; phase; stage
including (all of); -wide (e.g. company-wide); with (everyone); (concerning) the entirety of; all of
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
slanted eyes; upturned eyes; eyes that are turned up at the outer corners
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run