training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
many; much; plenty; hardly
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
work schedule; progress schedule; process chart
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
fourth day of the month; four days
just after O-Bon; the period (immediately) after O-Bon
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
holding out a little longer
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
hesitantly; timidly; diffidently
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
episode; anecdote; vignette