incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
worried; troubled; afflicted; to afflict; to torment
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
such; this sort of; like this
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot