(hair) rinse; (hair) conditioner
birth; creation; formation
until now; so far; up to the present
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
separate; scattered; apart
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
surname; family name; last name
secretary (government); director; chief
established (existing) policy (procedure(s))
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
temporary retirement; suspension from office
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
information technology; IT
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
now that you say that; now that you mention it
craving for the limelight
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days