results; record; grades; marks
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game
wearing one's hair in braids
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
conte; short story; tale; comedy sketch; skit
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
alone; by oneself; on one's own
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet