10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
very likely; very probable
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
club budget; club expense
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
promotion; raising of status
land shark; land speculator
wrestler (esp. a professional wrestler)
in the background; not standing out
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
clerk; office worker; kulak
annals; chronicle; chronology
The Door into Summer (1957 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)
member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
binoculars; field glasses
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)
strength training; resistance training; muscle-building
intelligence network; information network
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)
Venus (goddess); Venus (planet)
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
to form a circle; to stand in a circle
nude photograph showing pubic hair
photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook
to peel (roughly); to tear off; to rip off
modesty; self-control; discretion
natsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai); Japanese summer orange
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
gar (any fish of family Lepisosteidae); garfish; garpike