sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
8th day of the month; eight days
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to manage something successfully; to be successful
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
physical condition; state of health; shape
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
permission; approval; authorization; license
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
drive-in (bank, cinema, etc.); roadside restaurant; rest stop
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus); common dolphinfish; dolphin; dorado
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
separate; respective; different
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
regular; standard; regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); regular (gasoline)
first meeting; first interview with
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy