administration (of medicine)
unattended (video, audio) recording
high-school baseball player
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier
indies; independent film, music, publishing, etc.
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
band-man (member of a musical band); bandsman
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
walk-in closet; wardrobe room; dressing room; costume room
perfect; complete; flawless
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
voice training; vocal exercises
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
observer; watchman; lifeguard
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
first class plus; extra special
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents