Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse comes out from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
to be advantageous; to be a favorite (to win)
Texas hold 'em (poker game)
brown beech mushroom (Hypsizygus marmoreus); brown clamshell mushroom
swimming ability; swimming ability certification
two-piece swimming suit (not bikini style)
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
appropriate move (go, shogi, othello, etc.)
to feel compassion towards; to be swayed by emotion; to be moved by
shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)
T; t; ton; tonne; (airport) terminal; nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
modern architecture; modernist architecture
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
professional gambler; gamester
seesaw game; back-and-forth match; match in which the lead changes hands several times
good (place to leave off); convenient
counting one's chickens before they've hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
consecutive number; serial number
early stages (of a game); opening phase
well-cured sake; last year's sake; old sake
deuce (tennis, cards, dice, etc.)
indispensable; essential; necessary
what if (as in "what if" stories)
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd