public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
greeting; a fine thing to say
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
health; healthy; sound; fit
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
third day of the month; three days
taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with a smartphone camera); selfie; video selfie; self-taken picture
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
enterprise; business; company; corporation
training (esp. in-service); induction course
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
world-class; (of) high global reputation
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
in the face of; in defiance of
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
declaration; proclamation; announcement
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance