3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
time; hour; period; class
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
clerk; office worker; office staff
technical assistant; technician
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk (drive)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
Japanese jack mackerel; Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)