comic picture; funny illustration; shunga; pornographic picture
phone in request (e.g. calling a radio station to request a song)
Buddha's hand (Citrus medica sarcodactylus); fingered citron
normal weight obesity; hidden obesity; being thin while having an unhealthily high body fat percentage
administrative subrogation
hear something for the last time
thoughtlessness; thoughtless person
television personality; TV personality
hindrance; offense; offence; prohibition
petty swindling; petty swindler
Korean stew; Korean hot pot
fried food wrapped in nori
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
raw noodles; uncooked noodles
compensation for eviction; compensation for forced removal
mysterious power of words to alter reality
opening; beginning; commencement
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; day labourer (esp. on the docks)
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili); purplish amberjack; greater yellowtail
bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine
paying cash-in-hand; paying under the table
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
stout; dark beer; porter's ale
fried cake of layered slices of ham
change; alteration; substitute; spare; replacement; proxy
Chinese-style stir-fried vegetable noodle soup
coarse salt; unrefined salt