craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
curry bread (usu. deep-fried); curry doughnut; curry bun; curry roll
direct control; direct supervision
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
penis; chink; jingle; begging (animal); jealousy; black porgy juvenile; flirting
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
recreation; diversion; relaxation
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
sexual act; sexual intercourse
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to bite off; to gnaw through
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
sata andagi; Okinawan sweet deep-fried bun similar to a doughnut
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
home area; home town; local
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
transcendence; excellence; superiority
goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet