to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
(committee) chairman; president
second month of the lunar calendar
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
honorific/polite/humble prefix
two persons; two people; pair; couple
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
life; living; I; me; student
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
full bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?