I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
promotion (school, military, etc.)
research for a graduation thesis; graduation thesis work; graduation research project
handbook; manual; compendium
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
being on duty; person on duty
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
T; t; ton; tonne; (airport) terminal; nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
complicated and mysterious
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net