notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
empirically; from experience
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to do together; to share; to participate in
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
cannot be helped; unavoidable
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4) on which a bean scattering ceremony is held; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
this and that; one thing or another
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
report; notification; registration
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation
submission date; filing date; due date (e.g. for homework)
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
on the occasion of; at the time of
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
how long; how far; how much
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing