practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
correction; looking over; touching up
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
file cabinet; filing cabinet; shelf of documents
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
auxiliary seat; booster seat; baby seat
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
something or other; what-do-you-call-it; what-do-you-call-them; blah blah blah; yada yada yada
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
place; room; margin; scope
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
hope; white hope; person of promise