course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
technique; art; skill; move
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
vocational school; technical school
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
going on about oneself; talking about oneself
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
signature phrase; signature saying
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
to pick up; to find; to gather
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)