omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
clear writing; specification
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
construction; establishment
waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch); pant rise
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
intelligence gathering; information gathering
dealt hand consisting of one 20-point card and six 1-point cards; outstanding; standing out above the rest
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve
to form a pair (pairs); to partner
double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
same sort; same kind; same genus; homologous; congeneric
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
Mongolian spot; Mongolian blue spot; congenital dermal melanocytosis
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)