educator; teacher; educationalist
environmental maintenance; environmental improvement
place; room; margin; scope
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
Hello Work; nickname for the Public Employment Security Office
new publication; new book; new edition; reissue; republication
way of reciting; way of telling a story
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears
system; organization; organisation; architecture
original idea; originality
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
the modern era; present day
literature; books (reference); document
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique