standing for a long time; remaining standing
valuable article; valuables
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
gas station; petrol station; filling station
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
radio programme; radio program
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
to offer for sale; to put on the market
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print; permit (for passing a barrier checkpoint during the Edo period); pass
uncertainty; indefiniteness
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
children's (TV) show; children's program
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
to visit (someone) in hospital
bicycle parking (spot, shed, etc.); parking area for bicycles
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
edge of the eaves; house frontage
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)