cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
batting order; batting line-up
match; game; bout; contest
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
three persons; three parties
base on balls; walk; pass
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
quercus myrsinifolia; bamboo Leaved Oak; quercus myrsinaefolia
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative