mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
true state; actual condition; reality
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
competent; suitable; qualified
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
such; this sort of; like this
seniority by length of service
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
blooming late; flowering late; late-flowering plant; late-blooming species (of plant); being a late bloomer (of an athlete, author, etc.)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
March; third month of the lunar calendar
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
final part; last bit; end
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do