simply put; putting it simply; in short
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
running out of gasoline (petrol)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
consists of; comprises; is made up of
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to be smeared; to be covered
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
article; news story; report; account
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
late at night; small hours of the morning
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
newspaper story (article, account)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
official announcement; proclamation
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style