betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
had better ...; had better not ...
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
interruption; suspension; break
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality