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to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets
hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game
Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
being the sole winner; beating everyone else
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
winner-take-all
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
mostly alone; mostly by oneself
one ten-thousandth
polygamy; polygyny
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
Poetical term
to talk to oneself; to mutter
Idiomatic expression
still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope
Idiomatic expression
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
perfunctory; cursory; passing; conventional; formal (greetings, compliments, etc.); casual (acquaintance, remark, etc.); superficial; insincere
chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
dwarf; midget; elf; Tom Thumb; Jack Sprat
Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
per person; per capita; per head