My words

未満

みまん

less than, insufficient

受験

じゅけん

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

前言撤回

ぜんげんてっかい

taking back what one just said, eating one's words, negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

派遣

はけん

dispatch, despatch, deployment, temporary employee (esp. from an agency), temporary worker, agency temp

平常心

へいじょうしん

one's self-possession, one's presence of mind

儘

まま まんま

as it is, as one likes, because, as, condition, state

接する

せっする

to receive (e.g. visitor), to attend to, to serve, to take care of, to look after, to deal with, to see, to receive (news), to get, to hear, to encounter, to come across, to be tangent to, to make touch, to bring into contact with, to bring adjacent to, to bring close, to connect, to touch, to border on, to be adjacent, to be close, to come in contact with, to adjoin, be tangent to, touch

既製品

きせいひん

ready-made goods

勢い

いきおい

force, vigor, vigour, energy, spirit, life, influence, authority, power, might, impetus, momentum, course (of events), naturally, necessarily

型紙

かたがみ

pattern paper (for dressmaking)

凝る

こる

to grow stiff, to be absorbed in, to be devoted to, to be a fanatic, to elaborate

拘り

こだわり

obsession, fixation, hangup, determination, fastidiousness, pickiness about (trait, style, etc.), complaining, criticizing

筆

ふで

writing brush

振動

しんどう

oscillation, vibration, vibration, vibration

報う

むくう

to reward, to recompense, to repay

ぐっと

suddenly, at once, in one go, with a jerk, with a gulp, considerably, very much, a lot, firmly, with an effort, tightly, exerting pressure, completely (e.g. at a loss), deeply (e.g. moved)

露出

ろしゅつ

exposure, disclosure, photographic exposure

単身

たんしん

alone, unaided, away from home

疚しい

やましい

(feel) guilty, (having a) guilty conscience

疎い

うとい

distant, estranged, disinterested, poorly informed, unfamiliar, ignorant

眼差し

まなざし

(a) look, gaze

お使い

おつかい

errand, mission, going as envoy, messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl, familiar spirit

気味

ぎみ

-like, -looking, -looked, tending to ...

確と

しかと しっかと

certainly, for sure, distinctly, clearly, exactly, firmly, tightly

外見

がいけん そとみ

outward appearance

至らない

いたらない

imperfect, incompetent, inadequate, careless

慰める

なぐさめる

to comfort, to console, to amuse

落書き

らくがき

scrawl, scribble, graffiti

報酬

ほうしゅう

remuneration, recompense, reward, toll

腐る

くさる

to rot, to go bad, to decay, to spoil, to fester, to decompose, to turn sour (e.g. milk), to corrode, to weather, to crumble, to become useless, to blunt, to weaken (from lack of practice), to become depraved, to be degenerate, to be morally bankrupt, to be corrupt, to be depressed, to be dispirited, to feel discouraged, to feel down, indicates scorn or disdain for another's action, to lose a bet, to be drenched, to become sopping wet