check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
cue (billiards, pool); cue stick; cue (music, theatre, etc.)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
traditional; conventional
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
coverall apron; cook's apron
kitchen; financial situation
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
schoolgirl; female student
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to recall; to remember; to recollect
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number