principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
new product; new line (of products)
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
to jump up and down; to hop
mask; disguise; guise; mask
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
mnemonics; art of memorizing; mnemonic device
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
close; intimate; on good terms
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
leading; guiding; commanding
thrift; economy; frugality
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
one by one; one after another; successively
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to be assiduous in one's business
to understand from experience
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
preparatory phase; preparatory period
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
trio; gang of three; threesome