common poppy (Papaver rhoeas); corn poppy; field poppy; red poppy
rental video; video rental shop
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit; succession; continuation; series
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
meat sauce; Bolognese sauce
postcard; memo; note; card
veterinary clinic; veterinary hospital
love of animals; animal loving
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
fund-raising; collection of funds
time and time again; many times; a number of times
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
showcase; display case; vitrine
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
greeting; a fine thing to say
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be exhausted; to be tired out
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service