shop used for testing sales of new products; showroom; shop selling local specialities to Tokyo
technical college; higher schools and colleges
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge
poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly
consumer financing firm; loan shark
administration costs; administrative expenses; management costs
bungee-jumping; bungee jump
confirmation of someone's safety; ascertainment of someone's safety
living with one's parents; living at home
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
putting one's courage to the test
two people using the same (vehicle) (often two on a bike)
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
truancy; absence without leave
magical; sorcerous; supernatural
entry (into a library, museum, etc.); entering
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth
electrical appliances; electric appliances
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
accidental death; casualty
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
to be transmitted (handed down) from generation to generation
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
stabbing to death; putting out
high grade; special grade; classy
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone