My words

そう言えば

そういえば

which reminds me ..., come to think of it ..., now that you mention it ..., on that subject ..., so, if you say ...

先着

せんちゃく

first arrival

収集

しゅうしゅう

gathering up, collection, accumulation

望み

のぞみ

wish, desire, hope, prospect, expectation, (one's) hopes

譲る

ゆずる

to turn over, to assign, to hand over, to transmit, to convey, to sell, to dispose of, to yield, to surrender, to concede

そっと

そうっと そおっと そーっと

softly, gently, quietly, secretly

ご無沙汰

ごぶさた

not writing or contacting for a while, neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.), long silence

省略

しょうりゃく

omission, abbreviation, abridgment, abridgement

削減

さくげん

cut, reduction, curtailment

近道

ちかみち

short way, shortcut

節約

せつやく

economising, saving

慌ただしい

あわただしい

busy, hurried, confused, flurried

一段

いちだん

more, much more, still more, all the more, step, rung, level, rank, paragraph, passage, Japanese verb group, first rank (in martial arts, etc.)

益々

ますます

increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less

狡い

ずるい こすい

sly, cunning, dishonest, sneaky, crafty, unfair, miserly

卑怯

ひきょう

cowardice, meanness, unfairness

食費

しょくひ

food expense

合格率

ごうかくりつ

ratio of successful applicants, (examination) pass rate

名曲

めいきょく

famous music

異なる

ことなる

to differ, to vary, to disagree

願書

がんしょ

written application or petition, application form

先輩

せんぱい

senior (at work or school), superior, elder, older graduate, progenitor, old-timer

お宅

おたく

your house, your home, your family, your husband, your organization, you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close)

中止

ちゅうし

suspension, stoppage, discontinuance, interruption

延長

えんちょう

extension, elongation, prolongation, lengthening, Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26), prolongation

定休日

ていきゅうび

regular holiday, fixed day off, regular closing day

祝日

しゅくじつ

national holiday, public holiday

更に

さらに

furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover, even more

但し

ただし

but, however, provided that

所が

ところが

even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite