one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
long cruise; great distance
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
again (and again); once again; yet again
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
trailing dust; dust left by someone running ahead
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
just the other day; quite recently
fifth day of the month; five days
number two; mistress; concubine
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
to pull in (fish); to land