desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood
leisure time; idle moment
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
to compose; to put together
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
flustered; confused; panicked
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless
to be relieved; to feel relieved
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in