to be too numerous; to be too much
regulation; adjustment; control
club activities; extracurricular activities
allocation; assignment; allotment
that's the way it is; such is life
management; administration; operation
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
festival; feast; carnival
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
understood; I see; OK; present; here
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
during vacation; during the holidays; during one's break; (temporarily) closed; on break
to be able to manage somehow or another
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
first shrine visit of New Year
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
great popularity; sensation; good reputation
no, not like that (but like this)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to be helpful; to be useful
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)