careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
shoes strictly prohibited
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
here and there; everywhere
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
machine parts; machinery; equipment
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
dorayaki; dessert sandwich of two small sweet pancakes and red bean paste
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
novel; original; new; innovative
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
major subject; special study
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other