claw sharpening; scratching post (for cats); claw sharpener
custom of tying a large mochi on a toddler's back on his or her first birthday
combination vaccine; combined vaccine; mixed vaccine
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures; department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
rule; reign; government; governing
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
immunization; immunisation; shots; inoculation; preventive injection
hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped)
to play with; to toy with; to tease
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
thank you for your continued patronage
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
Leh (India); Ray; Rais; Re
to be replaced with new growth
being in tune (with each other); being on the same wavelength; being leaked (of information, secrets, etc.); (passing through) without hindrance; unobstructed
antibacterial; antimicrobial
nest; hive; hideout; refuge; nesting (software, data structures)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
fourth day of the month; four days
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well