slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
formal marriage interview
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
episode; anecdote; vignette
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
this occasion; at this time; now
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
singing voice; (sound of) singing
section manager; section chief
fortune-telling; divination
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
speaking voice; talking voice
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
to manage something successfully; to be successful
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
counter for books; volume
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
author; writer; novelist; artist