excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
to take back; to recapture
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
half a ken (approx. 0.9 m); half-sized tatami mat
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
writing on someone's behalf
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.); to carry forward; to put off; to postpone; to defer
running water; flowing water; stream
stairs; stairway; staircase
23rd day of the month; 23 days
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
this and that; all kinds of things; one thing and another
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
acquittal; indulgence; remission of sin; pardon
with a fixed time; with a deadline