on the occasion of; at the time of
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
variety of court dance (Nara period)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
company president; manager; director
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
study; research; investigation
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to show up; to appear; to turn up
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
crime; criminal act; offence; offense