to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
betting ticket; betting slip
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
second (unit of time); arc second
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5 event at Kamigamo shrine
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
rouge (esp. lip rouge); lipstick
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
(an) authority; (a) source; (written) reference
ranging over or scouting out a territory; searching far and wide (for); reading extensively
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to make a speech; to address
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
sound of the sea; sound of the waves; sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc.
to gather; to collect; to assemble
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark