dress rehearsal; costume rehearsal
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
attendance; attending to someone; taking care of someone
Magic Tape (brand of hook-and-loop fastener, equiv. to Velcro)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
arch of the foot; plantar arch
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
ladder form of "high" kanji
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
(having) striking effects; (producing) dramatic results; of particular efficacy
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
voice training; vocal exercises
equilibrium; good balance; poise
taking a commemorative photo
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
performer; entertainer; actor
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
trembling with excitement
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
high rice field; very fertile rice field
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing