drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
distance in the standings between two teams expressed as the difference in number of games won or lost
hooo-hokekyo (call of the Japanese bush warbler); chirp-chirp; tweet-tweet
classbook; yearbook; school graduation album
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
someone who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
sharing; share (on social media); market share
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
new book; new publication
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
such a thing; something like that
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
superiority complex; sense of superiority
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
ardent; passionate; vehement
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
and; thereupon; because of that