rest period; intermission; break time; recess
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)
newly compiled; newly edited; newly elected; newly returned
Japanese-language dictionary; dictionary of a national language
department (faculty) of literature
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to make a list; to enumerate
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
charred; burnt black; scorched black
excellent; superb; first-rate
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
artist; painter; illustrator
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
conditionally; with conditions attached
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
exercise machine; strength training machine; gym equipment (machine)
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture
straw skirt; grass skirt; traditionally worn by hunters and fishermen
oil paints; oil colors (colours); oils
kusaya; brined, sun-dried fish (usu. mackerel scad) which has a very pungent smell
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)