first; first base; first baseman
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
all present; all concerned; all of us
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
plants and animals; flora and fauna
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
application; request; petition
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
to become better; to improve
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
street; quarter; district; area
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
field; plain; prairie; moor
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
pochette; pouch (usu. hung from the shoulder by a long cord)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
ready-made clothing; off-the-rack clothing; second-hand clothes; hanging
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something