proposal; offer; request; application
eye measurement; measure with eye
study group; study meeting
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
retort; back talk; backchat
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
to have (something) innate; to be born with
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
the art of giving a brief glimpse (of skin, underwear, etc.)
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to make a list; to enumerate
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
normal duties; (one's) regular work
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; additional post
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to breathe while sleeping