for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
end; close; conclusion; termination
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
digital versatile disc; DVD
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
memory; sense; experience
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
mission; delegation; mission (assignment); (religious) mission; mission school; transmission (in a motor vehicle)
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
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study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
hard worker; hardworking person
thing that brings good or bad luck; popular belief; superstition; jinx
fate; destiny; predestination
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
rival; competitor; competition
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles