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small, light and thin (of consumer products, esp. electronics)

arrangement of stones in a garden

to tell again and again

catch in one's hands

to win and advance to the next round

cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey

telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached

to finish writing

memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death

moisture absorbing

through ticket (e.g. rail, air)

having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education)

joint committee of both houses

speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener

to rustle

chemical equation

bite (of a fish on a hook)

both people are superb in skill (and thus it is hard to rank them)

leavings of a meal

shifting (the burden) onto

banishment from one's residence as a form of judicial punishment

wages based on job evaluation

between meals

shell

maid-in-waiting in the domestic quarters of a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with

trade liberalization

state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga)

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)