(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
growth period; growing season
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
holding food in one's mouth; food held in one's mouth
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
exceedingly; extremely; dearly; most of all; above all else
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
calm and peaceful period of time
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
ruler and ruled; master and servant
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
clear weather after a typhoon has passed
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
last week; the week before
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
event; phenomenon; matter
general term; generic name
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect