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gambling on whether the throw of a die will produce a "one" or a "six"; gambling with dice

gambling

(a) risk; gamble; venture; hazardous attempt

tension and relaxation

Idiomatic expression

completely deserted

Military

colonel (JASDF)

stark-naked; without a stitch of clothing on

stinginess; miserliness

Proverb

it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn

to give a signed statement or an IOU

multiple-choice question

stubbornly honest

Abbreviation

hundred-yen store; 100 yen store

temporary child care; short-term child care

one-line fact; one-line information; information (explanation) provided in a few scanty words

as if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice; as if the Bon Festival and New Year had come at the same time

as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time

Italian unification movement; Risorgimento

Mahjong

pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows

streamlined production system

joke; anecdote

F1 hybrid; first filial hybrid; first cross

Computing

primary document

conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"

general interpellation

having one's workplace at home (e.g. as an independent farmer, home worker, storekeeper); living and working at the same location

first language

Computing

batch conversion