declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
(walking) stick; cane; wand
wait until you actually see it
becoming numb; becoming desensitized
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
empty lot; vacant plot of land
opposite; reverse; contrary
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to become misty; to become hazy
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
school festival; campus festival
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
sales; selling; marketing
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
festival; feast; carnival
to agree on; to agree about
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears