yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
poke (Hawaiian raw-fish salad)
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye; perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
country; countryside; country; country and western; country; nation
terraced house; terrace house; row house; (detached) house with a terrace
Middle East respiratory syndrome; MERS
ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
or; OR (Boolean operator)
sobriety; soberness; sober face
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggybacking; (arch.) last; (arch.) end
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
gelato; Italian-style ice cream
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)