thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to do together; to share; to participate in
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
company president; manager; director
the same as always; day after day
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
reason; cause; circumstances
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
bento; Japanese box lunch
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
equilibrium; good balance; poise
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to miss getting on (e.g. a plane)
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
to go with the flow; to go with the times
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way