characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
memories; recollections; reminiscence
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
in the future; another day; later
one's original family name; maiden name
young female rice planter; young girl
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
white circle; white star; victory mark
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
war; battle; match; game; competition
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
these guys; these fellows
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
on the way back; when about to go back