continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
first thing in the morning
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
participant; entrant; player; competitor
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
expression of love; showing love
verification; confirmation; on-site inspection (by a judge, investigator, etc.) to gather physical evidence; verification
here and there; in twos and threes; now and then; from time to time; lightly fluttering (of falling petals, leaves, etc.); swirling (in the wind)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
it's not like; it isn't as if
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
(Japanese) Pharmaceutical Affairs Law
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
interethnic; interracial; multiracial
revision; amendment; alteration
further; even more; still more; all the more
winning ticket; lucky number
burst of laughter; roar of laughter; in copious amounts
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
spanking with a baseball bat
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
readiness to die; (in the) face of death