dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
evening; early night hours
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
farming implement; small noh accessory
activation (e.g. of network accounts, etc.)
hooo-hokekyo (call of the Japanese bush warbler); chirp-chirp; tweet-tweet
telescope (variety of goldfish); telescope eye; demekin
Japanese jack mackerel; Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)
eating live seafood (e.g. ice gobies, shrimp) while still moving
missed spot (in shaving); unshaven hairs
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
to keep a record; to keep a tally
sweet (flavour); sweet (of alcohol); sweet (e.g. melody); pleasant (e.g. atmosphere); suite (of rooms); suite
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
Nichiren; Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)
to get into trouble; to get busted
spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind
detonator; percussion cap
to soar; to fly; to run; to dash
(nature, etc.) observation diary
unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
of late; lately; this part; this point; here