average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
New Year's Eve; December 31
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
one part; one portion; one section
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
reinforcement; strengthening
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to pick up; to find; to gather
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to entrust; to leave to a person
journal; magazine; periodical
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
district; section; sector
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
witnessing; observing; sighting
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
just one person; only one