autumn, season of the tastes
Nishikawa Heren (1946.10.6-)
protrusion; projection; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; frontal thrust out (winning technique); pushing one's opponent out of the ring
newly commenced ...; just started ...
cellule; cellula; small room (esp. with tatami mats); floret (of broccoli, etc.)
Bikkuri Donkey (Japanese fast food chain)
kanji "dotted cliff" radical (radical 53)
daylight saving time; daylight savings time; summer time
Wii (Nintendo video games console)
editorial committee member; senior staff writer (newspaper)
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
scallion; shallot; green onion; spring onion
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
Suzuki (Japanese automobile and motorcycle manufacturer)
scorch; burn; burnt rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
Scorpio (constellation); the Scorpion
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
heterosexual person (as viewed by homosexual person)
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
peeler (for peeling a label from its base in a barcode printer)
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
breadwinner; biggest earner
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce
single-lens reflex camera
headlock (wrestling move)
after tax income; net income
prize-winner; recipient (of a prize, award, etc.)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
to become sexually aware; to awaken to sex
fund-raising; collection of funds