female bus driver; female bus conductor
level; even; flat; uneventful; peaceful; monotonous
Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra)
notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard
fluorocarbon; chlorofluorohydrocarbon; CFC
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
phase transition; phase change; phase transformation
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
turntable (record player); railway turntable; car turntable; baggage carousel
telephone bill; telephone rate
menstrual pain; period pain
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
dreamland; land of Nod; realm of dreams
spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; dots
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
occupation; calling; livelihood
service area; toll road rest stop; rest area
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
one parent; single parent
engineer (on a train, ship, aircraft, etc.)
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
in a little while; in a bit
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person
thick makeup; heavy makeup
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to die by drowning; to drown