payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
receipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
drinking party; get-together
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
duty; obligation; responsibility
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
deep-fried horse mackerel
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour; wit
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
Niigata (city, prefecture)
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
genuine; authentic; true; real
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
buying price; cost price; purchase price
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch