favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
exposure to wind; severe criticism
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
election; selection; choice
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
trembling with excitement
and; AND (Boolean operator)
righteousness; justice; right
hair iron; curling tongs; straightening iron
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection
to let down one's hair; to undo hair
equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
curly hairstyle created by braiding (rather than perming)
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
popular person; favorite; favourite
birds and wild animals; wildlife
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to worry (about); to be concerned (about); to have trouble doing ...; to struggle to ...
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
arguing (someone) down; loudly scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition; first match (in a series)
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins