to join forces with; to cooperate with
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
promotion; raising of status
divining sticks; counting; calculation
unsung hero; person who does a thankless task
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya; Kaguyahime (manga series by Reiko Shimizu)
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
earthling; earthman; terrestrial; citizen of Earth
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
sharing an umbrella; being under one umbrella; drawing of an umbrella with two names under it (equivalent of "X loves Y")
circulation of the blood; apprehension
convalescence; recovering from an illness; recuperating
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to come back (of an illness, cold weather, etc.); to return; to recur; to happen again
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
astronomical observation; stargazing
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)
to leave (a scene); to step away
entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality
moving into (a city, etc.); transfer (to a new school)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
conversely; on the contrary
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic