formal receipt (of payment; oft. hand-written)
fraction; odd amount; leftover amount
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
expiration of a term; becoming overdue
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
pocket tissue; small package of tissues
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to jump up and down; to hop
in good health; alive and well; going strong
official in charge; person in charge
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
ball won in a game of pachinko
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
thousands; several thousand
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
succession; continuation; series; sequence
being elected; winning a prize (in a lottery, raffle, etc.); being selected (for a prize, etc.)
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
upturn (e.g. economic); upward swing; jump (e.g. inflation)
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus