My words

方面

ほうめん

direction, district, area, field (e.g. of study)

積極的

せっきょくてき

assertive, positive, active, proactive

うち／ないうち

While A is the case, B; While A is occuring, B, While A is not occuring, B

[最中「さいちゅう」]

In the middle of A

にあたって／にあたり

At the time of A (which starts now).., on the occasion of A

をはじめ／をはじめとする

For example, A

[一方「いっぽう」]だ

Change A continues, A does not stop

作曲

さっきょく

composition, setting (of music)

記念館

きねんかん

memorial hall, museum (esp. in memory of a person or event)

入館者

にゅうかんしゃ

visitor (to a museum, library, etc.)

地方

じかた ちほう

district, region, area, locality, the country, countryside, the provinces, rural area

書店

しょてん

bookshop, bookstore

閉店

へいてん

closing up shop (for the day), stopping business, going out of business

相次いで

あいついで

one after the other, successively

与党

よとう

ruling party, government party, party in power, government

野党

やとう

opposition party, political opposition, opposition

党首

とうしゅ

party leader

慎重

しんちょう

careful, cautious, prudent, discreet, deliberate

差別的

さべつてき

discriminatory, discriminative

発言

はつげん

statement, remark, observation, utterance, speech, proposal

同様

どうよう

identical, equal to, same (kind), like, similarity, similarly, equally

加わる

くわわる

to be added to, to be appended, to join in (e.g. a group of friends), to participate, to increase (e.g. heat), to gain in (e.g. influence), to grow, to gather (speed), to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure), to be exerted

手間取る

てまどる

to meet unexpected difficulties, to take time, to be delayed

牛

うし ぎゅう ウシ

beef, Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), cow, oxen, cattle (bos taurus)

ばかりか

Not only A, but B as well

私立校

しりつこう

private school

のみならず

Not only A, but B as well

才色兼備

さいしょくけんび

(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty

はもちろん／はもとより

Although A is given/obvious; B

意外性

いがいせい

unpredictability, element of surprise