nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
charm; incantation; spell; curse
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
item; something that one "just has to have"
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
the first and second; a few
commuting to school; school commute
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to distract one's attention
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
preliminary investigation; preparation
line; queue; procession; matrix
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part