listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
school tradition; school customs; school spirit
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
establishment (of a business); founding
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
to tear off; to strip; to rob
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
un-; non-; negative prefix
change; transition; vicissitudes
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
to be tired of looking at
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
ancient time; age of the gods
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
good prospects; full of hope; promising