cooperative society; mutual-benefit association
physiotherapist; physical therapist
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
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
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
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
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
to have troubles; to have concerns
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
starting line; starting point
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
play equipment; playground equipment
clearing one's throat; cough
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter