to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
change of occupation; career change
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
dependent on luck; matter of luck
elementary and middle school pupils
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
dream for the future; hopes for the future
direct unforked road; straight path
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting)
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
expressing one's mind; speaking out