head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
home area; home town; local
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
civil service examination
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
to move (house); to change residence
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
shepherd; German shepherd
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
scrubbing and washing; kitchen work
interview (e.g. for a job)
government worker; public servant; civil servant
commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet
maternity leave; paternity leave
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
descendant; posterity; offspring
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily