tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
greatest hits album; best of album
peas; garden peas; field peas
number of batters already out
half a loaf is better than none; (lit.) even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain
a work or subject to be memorized (memorised)
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
retirement from active life; moving out of accommodation; finding a new residence
reheating bathwater; cooking additional rice
(doing) karaoke by oneself
to divide into five parts
knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive
to blend (e.g. truth and lies); to mix together (e.g. kanji and kana)
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; painful to look at
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
girl band; all-female band
soroban bead with value one
difficult to approach; inaccessible
having no effect; waste of effort
settlement; conclusion; summary
poor (academic) performance; poor (business) results (showing)
adjustment; retouching (in photography)
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip
apartment building; block of flats; condominium
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
coverage of an exam; what an exam covers
to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)
to write incorrectly (e.g. character); to make a mistake in writing
what's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; (lit.) spilt water won't go back into its tray
to leave out (someone); to exclude; to ignore; to ostracize; to shun