chit; sales slip; voucher
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
in advance; beforehand; previously
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
trial; judgement; judgment
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
eagerly; earnestly; assiduously; diligently; wholeheartedly
roaring; thundering; thunderous; deafening; ear-splitting
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
good-for-nothing; worthless
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
sense of unity; sense of oneness
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)