runway (fashion); catwalk; runway (aircraft)
Terrace House (reality TV show) (abbr)
listener ratings (radio, etc.); listenership
long run (of a film, play, product, etc.)
youthful crowd; crowd of young people coming into their own
to be moved to the point of tears; to be touched
kanji "water" radical (radical 85)
colorectal cancer; large bowel cancer
rating; classification; grading
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
incorporated nonprofit organization
food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)
to have a well-defined character (of video game, anime, etc. character); to stand out as a character
personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)
bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr; irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; (arch.) crying of a baby
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
terraced house; terrace house; row house; (detached) house with a terrace
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
brewery (sake, soy); brewer; (arch.) warehouse overseer
tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
down payment; contract money
isn't it; right?; you know?
coquettish; charming; seductive; (arch.) beautiful; (arch.) graceful
no loss or gain; coming out even
cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.); having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy; sleeveless (coat etc.)
one parent; single parent
completely honest relationship; hanging out naked (e.g. at a public bath)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
footbath; hot spring bath designed for soaking one's feet
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks