New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
prize money; monetary award; reward
qualification requirement (for a job)
established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed
author; writer; novelist; artist
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
outline; summary; argument
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
English conversation; school for English conversation
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
NHK; Japan Broadcasting Corporation
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
study of foreign languages; linguistics
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
pronunciation; production of sound
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright