iron sulfide; iron sulphide
cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium); cockleburr
(Chinese) jump rope; jumping over a fixed elastic rope
land-locked variety of red-spotted masu trout (Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae); amago
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
parchment paper; baking paper
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts
laugh and grow fat; (lit.) good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
to well up; to be overcome with emotion; to be close to tears
placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt
sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon
irritating; annoying; nosy
memorization power; ability to remember; (good) memory
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)
hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail
children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light; Bodhidharma fell down
to be accepted by a university
mixing things of different type (alternately or at the same time); mixture; dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables (from Nagasaki)
winning a (legal) case; victory (in a legal case)
post-exam vacation; time off from school after end-of-term tests
creative cookery; creative cuisine
end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
structure of an artwork; pictorial design; pictures inserted in a book
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; wraith
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
thorough (criticism, defeat, etc.); utter; serious