highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
first year; initial (year)
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
to triumph; to be elated with success
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
J; j; Japan; joule; jack (playing card); tatami mat (as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm); Japan Professional Football League
good performance; good work; great success
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
memory-making; making memories
it was very good of you to come; glad to see you
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
monetary offering; offertory
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
to lose interest (in); to grow less enthusiastic
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
memory; ability to remember
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
specialist journal; specialized magazine; specialised magazine
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.