letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)
grim; stern; stark; heartless
secret leader of a group of juvenile delinquents; program in a competing timeslot (programme)
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
storehouse; warehouse; godown
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
return; restoration; refund; (duty) drawback
dumb-ass; person lacking common sense or basic knowledge; delinquent; violent person; rough-looking person
black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice; charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
sour cocktail (oft. carbonated); sour (taste)
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
clearly miraculous; remarkably miraculous; striking
setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
month-long period; (during) month
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
consultation office; information center; bureau; agency
telekinesis; psychokinesis
maximum temperature; highest temperature; (today's) high
spirit photography; ghost photography
decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle); hideous face
high blood pressure; hypertension
sound of a button or switch being pressed
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
graphics; graphic; graphic magazine; pictorial magazine
telephone; telephone number; telephone call; phone call
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
exorcism rite; purification
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles