throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
receipt; cash-register slip
control; management (e.g. of a business)
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
deputy head teacher; vice principal
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
planning; project; plan; design
to increase; to add to; to augment
in succession; one by one
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
outsider; someone outside of a group
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
comfort; consolation; diversion
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to push aside; to push one's way through
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to be worried; to be troubled
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
private tutor; coach; governess
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance