to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
bridge (road, railway, ship, etc.); (contact) bridge; Seven Bridge (Japanese rummy game); bridge; bridge (of a pair of glasses); bridge (in wrestling); bridge (circuit)
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
ghost; monster; demon; phantom; apparition
flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent
no penalty; no punishment; acquittal; impunity
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
(very) patient; persevering
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
rapid development; rapid unfolding
whole nation; whole land; whole country
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to become hot (from the sun)
to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
vomiting blood; hematemesis
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
disintegration; self-destruction
marriageable age; chance of marriage
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; overdone; over par; overexposure
the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains; a series of disasters
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
free time; time at leisure
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
the first in history; only once in history
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
every person; every mouth; every entrance
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
old maid (game); living without one's mother-in-law
to give the stamp of approval
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
one's own handwriting; autograph
signed book; autographed book