marking; grading; scoring
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
as; because; with; due to
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
headquarters; head office; main office
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; (lit.) azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
selection; choice; picking out
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on