cooperative society; mutual-benefit association
physiotherapist; physical therapist
kindergarten graduation ceremony
child-rearing assistance; support for young parents; child-care allowance
padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
finishing kindergarten; graduating from kindergarten
garden; kindergarten yard; playground
care of schoolchildren outside of school time
continuous shooting (photography); consecutive shooting; rapid shooting
competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools
to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
without hesitation; frankly (esp. speaking); bluntly; cutting (forcefully, directly); piercingly
enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
difficult to eat; unpalatable
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
to sob; to be choked with tears
donation; presentation; gift
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
un-; non-; negative prefix
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
board of directors; board of trustees
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
to have troubles; to have concerns
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days