periodic; regular; routine
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to stay (at); to stop (at)
use of the familiar address "kun"; treating someone with familiarity
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
winter vacation; winter holidays
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
to paint (draw) a picture
to look away; to turn away
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
back side; back end; posterior; rear
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
multistoried; multilayered
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to get one's head around; to think about
etc.; et cetera; and so on
vague recollection; faint memory
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
index; indices; indicator
to refer to; to use as reference
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)