cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
goodbye; farewell; so long
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
for use by children; for children
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
chatter mark (machine tools)
tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
gurgling; burbling; bubbling; sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
watering can; watering pot; sprinkling can
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
dealing with; coping with
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
free (of charge); gratuitous
to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
to go fast; to drive fast; to speed
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath