a tray on a point-of-sales system where money is temporarily placed for transfer from customer to cashier or vice versa

junior college (vocationally oriented two- or three-year post-secondary education institution)

an act performed at amusement areas or streets; a street performance

set of problems

any of various writing systems claimed to predate Japan's adoption of Chinese characters and perpetuated by feudal scholars, but widely discredited by modern scholars

Korean Empire

(historical) a daimyo who became hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa just before or after the Battle of Sekigahara

setting idle chatter aside and returning to the main topic

a Classical Japanese adjective with シク活用 (shiku-katsuyō, “shiku-inflection”)

the best or top person, such as the best performer in a company, or a leading expert