embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
person bringing their dog along (for something); person walking their dog
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
unrequited love; one-sided love
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts
adult cat; fully-grown cat
smallish; on the small side
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
express home delivery (by the Kuroneko Yamato company); door-to-door parcel delivery; courier service
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
special training; intensive training; crash course
club activities; extracurricular activities
club activities; extracurricular activities
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
overconfident; presumptuous
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
different item; different lot
basket; basketball; basket cloth
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
results; record; grades; marks
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)