joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
guide; tour guide; conductor; guidebook
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
business efforts; corporate efforts
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
to have a well-defined character (of video game, anime, etc. character); to stand out as a character
changing the subject; on a different note; by the way
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
crop; yield; harvest; catch; take
chicken bones; chicken carcass
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video)
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
donation; presentation; gift
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
completely; entirely; totally
day after day; day by day
expressing one's mind; speaking out
day (as in holiday); daytime
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)
(being) worth seeing; impressive
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
demanding; difficult; strict
popular person; favorite; favourite
versification; verse making