sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
class disruption (e.g. due to discipline problems); classroom chaos
Spam (trademarked luncheon meat, made mostly from ham); spam (unsolicited email messages)
air freshener; fragrance; aromatic
letter of resignation; request for retirement
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
working for a company; being employed by a company
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
border (pattern); stripes; border; boundary; border; edge
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
moneylending; moneylender
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-