Mixi (Japanese social networking website)
my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list)
ice milk; ice cream-like product (category) containing at least 10% milk solids and at least 3% milk fat; iced milk
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
faithful dog Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
to take a growing interest in
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
gigantic peak; kyoho grape; large purple-black slip-skin grape variety, like Concord grapes
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
sour cocktail (oft. carbonated); sour (taste)
to play cool; to act cool
furniture store; furniture dealer
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
instructor; advisor; adviser
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)
first thing in the morning
health and physical education
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance
White Day (March 14); day for giving white chocolate and other presents to female coworkers and friends in return for gifts received on Valentine's day
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
morning; morning coat; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special
to go with the flow; to go with the times