baobab (Adansonia spp.); monkey-bread tree
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
promotional video; music video
riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); doing in collaboration; backing of the same candidate by different political parties
many items; pressure of business
special lecturer; guest lecturer
songwriting (words and music)
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
reader model; amateur model who appears in fashion magazines
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
fried cake of minced meat
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
movie director; film director
kalbi; Korean-style marinated barbecued ribs
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
fund-raising; collection of funds
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
remittance; sending money
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
LINE (instant messaging software)
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
Aomori (city, prefecture)
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion