kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
ledger; original record; register
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
(full) name; family name and given name
revision; amendment; alteration
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
temporary residence; sojourn
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
just managing; with great difficulty
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
official regulations; inner rules
to be late; to be unpunctual
historic; historical; traditional
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
explosion; rupture; break off
free (of charge); gratuitous
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
that's the way it is; such is life
to order; to command; to appoint
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
happy tears; tears of joy
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy