putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
pan lid; pot lid; kanji "kettle lid" radical (radical 8)
rival (company); competitor
entropy; entropy (information theory)
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
vacant house; unoccupied house
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
material (data) for one's research; research material
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
Japan time; Japan Standard Time; JST
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee