opening a meeting; first meeting
non-alcoholic beer; alcohol-free beer
high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
charcoal grilling; char-grilling
rubbish heap; garbage dump
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin); to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)
highball; whisky and soda
grill (esp. fish grill); grilled food; grill room; restaurant serving grilled food; (radiator) grille
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
shiba (Japanese breed of dog); shiba inu; brushwood dog
gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
supplementary or additional fertilizer (fertiliser)
turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl
kalbi; Korean-style marinated barbecued ribs
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage