retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
festival; feast; carnival
candied apple; toffee apple
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
free-for-all; open-to-all; optional (to participate in); non-compulsory
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
honor; honour; credit; prestige
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
by means of; due to; because of; according to
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
honorific/polite/humble prefix
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
and yet; though; when; in spite of
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
meaning; significance; sense
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking