direct control; direct supervision
special position in the civil service (exempted from application of the Local Public Service Act)
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
small; fine; detailed; stingy
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
manner of walking; horse gait
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
ayumi-ashi; walking forwards or backwards with a sliding motion (kendo)
footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
instead; but (on the other hand)
out of control; uncontrollable
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
from the beginning; from scratch
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes