hard struggle; strenuous effort
start-up company; venture business
Mitsuo Aida (1994.5.20-1991.12.17), poet
Higgs particle; Higgs boson
educational endowment insurance
protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
second house; second home
commercial vehicle (taxi, bus, truck, etc.)
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
conservation of electric power
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
busybody; meddler; nosey parker
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to be scattered around; to be all over the place
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
elementary operation; basic operation; fundamental procedure
vote against; no vote; nay
random pounding (e.g. on a drum)
"lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates
finishing kindergarten; graduating from kindergarten
violent explosion; bursting
tonkotsu ramen; pork bone broth ramen
instantaneous water heater; on-demand water heater
Sazae-san (Japanese comic character)