dress rehearsal; costume rehearsal
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making New-Year's decorations; (arch.) preparing fields; (arch.) farming
attendance; attending to someone; taking care of someone
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
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
(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
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
rice and curry; curry rice
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
Nagano (city, prefecture)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with