post; official position; managerial position; executive position
in low spirits; dejected; sad
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
France; French (language)
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
narrow margin; slim margin
setting a bad example to others
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
sewing; needlework; embroidery
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
flustered; confused; panicked
(not) even once; (not) ever
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
a few years ago; some years back
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
school festival; campus festival
white lie; harmless lie; fib
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)