When the tip was a lone dime thrown into a glass, the waitress would raise the glass while hastily preparing the table for the next customer. She would then spill the water and that would be it.
If the tip was a dime in one glass, the waitress, in her haste to get the table ready for the next customer, would pick up the glass, the water would spill out, and that would be the end of it.
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一つ, 1つ, 一, ひとつ
1. one
2. for one thing
3. only
4. (not) even
5. just (e.g. "just try it")
6. some kind of, one type of
1. to furnish with, to equip with, to provide, to install
2. to prepare for, to make preparations for, to make provision for
3. to possess (all that is needed), to be endowed with, to be equipped with
4. to be born with, to have since birth
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
3. indicates an area traversed
4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
6. indicates object of d...
1. to tidy up, to put in order, to straighten up, to put away
2. to settle (problem), to clear (dispute)
3. to finish, to bring something to an end
4. to marry off (e.g. a daughter)
5. to do away with someone, to bump someone off
1. as (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
2. apart from... (used to change the topic)
3. even (e.g. "not even a single person")
4. thinking that..., trying to...
1. indicates the subject of a sentence
2. indicates possession
3. but, however, (and) yet, though, although, while
4. and
5. used after an introductory remark or explanation
6. regardless of ..., whether ... (or not), no matter ...
7. indicates a des...
1. inside, interior
2. among, within
3. middle, center, centre
4. during, while, middle, midst, amid
5. interval, gap
6. mean, average
7. second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes), middle
8. medium grade, medium quality
9. red-light district
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), for, with
5. by, from
6. as (i.e. in the role of)
7. per, in, for, a (e.g. "once a month")
8. and, in addition to
9. if, although
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not ...
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not ...