gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
washing by rubbing (clothes, hands, etc.)
net in (tennis); netball falling in
washing machine (laundry)
real thing; original; actual
this and that; one thing or another
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
trial product; prototype model
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
representative; exemplary; model
first meeting; first interview with
interchange; international; inter-
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
presentation (e.g. of a gift, etc.)
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
in the same manner as before; the same as always
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
almost; roughly; approximately
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking