I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
difficult to ...; hard to ...
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
(arch.) archer (esp. a samurai); (arch.) (skilled) archer; (arch.) bowman; (arch.) dominion of a whole province by a military family; bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
laws established by daimyo applicable only in their own domain (during the Warring States period)
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
the original; original copy; script
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
gifted education; special education for gifted children
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
educator; teacher; educationalist
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
overlap; duplication; doubling
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
you; (arch.) your residence
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
rejection (of an application)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
mature woman; middle-aged woman
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)