little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
reading partway; leaving half-read
several minutes; a few minutes
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
racewalking; race walking; walking race
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
presence (impressive quality)
divide into four pieces; one fourth
personal record; personal best
leader of a charge; first to arrive
to arrive home; to return
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to examine; to check; to inspect
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
putting into operation; invocation
not covered (by); not subject (to)
invisibly; secretly; privately
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
common knowledge; well-known fact
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
threatening letter; intimidating letter
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
offender; criminal; culprit
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove