training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to paint (draw) a picture
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
residing; living; dwelling
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
joint together; opposite; facing
university student; college student
results; record; grades; marks
work; business; company; study
author; writer; novelist; artist
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
in respect of; in regards to; as for
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
advertising department; public relations department; PR department
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
rewriting; rewrite; fair copy
writing; composition; essay; sentence