drawing and manual arts (school subject)
wherein; therein; thereinto
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
winter vacation; winter holidays
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to stiffen; to become stiff
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
head of the student council; president of the student council
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to see through; to see the true nature of something
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to move (house); to change residence
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
the other day; lately; recently
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
it is I who should say so
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
forcibly; against one's will
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind