間

side road; shortcut

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull

to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to reduce

Historical term

to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

near at hand

thinning out; pruning; culling; curtailing; sub-sampling (e.g. video frames, signals)

infanticide

immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

After the -te form of a verb

not long has passed since ...

Abbreviation

immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

married woman's secret lover; paramour

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

adultery (by a married woman)

close call; narrow escape

indirect lighting

(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; dull; roundabout

geyser

partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall

spot the difference (puzzle); photo hunt

to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura

to make do with; to manage with; to make shift

to get (something) done in time; to have ready (by)

occasionally; now and then; sometimes

wrong number

Unorthodox form

not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand

Music

interlude; intermezzo

to make something be done in time

Derogatory

person of mixed parentage; crossbreed; Eurasian; mulatto; hybrid

Biology

hybrid; crossbreed

at long distance; in long intervals

half a ken (approx. 0.9 m)

half-sized tatami mat