possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
defense; defence; defensive preparations
fancy; fancy; imagination; whim
tin badge; button badge; button pin
school bag; school satchel
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
taking a picture or video of oneself
Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea); click beetle; skipjack (beetle of family Elateridae); obsequious person
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
field trip; excursion; off-campus learning activity
world; society; people; the public
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
street in front of station
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
during; for the duration of
unauthorized; without permission; unapproved; lack of permission; absence of authorization
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
common knowledge; well-known fact
doctors; teachers; lawyers
to take a photo with a mobile phone; to email a photo taken with a mobile phone
criminality; criminal propensity
the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
9th day of the month; nine days
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
winter vacation; winter holidays
to hang low (over; of clouds, fog, etc.); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind a curtain, blinds, etc.)
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination