rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
for a while; for some time; for a period
to crouch; to squat; to cower
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
construction at top speed
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
marriage between co-workers
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)
nape (of the neck); nucha
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
ventilation fan; extractor fan
one's (living) environment
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
to settle a matter; to get even with someone