burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
unevenly cropped (hair); badly cropped
close-cropped hair; harvesting
fate (safety) of a person (persons) being unknown
journalization (accounts); journalisation; bookkeeping
dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
a little bit; a little while
sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre
Japan time; Japan Standard Time; JST
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
Washington, DC (United States); Washington (US state)
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
wounded person; injured person
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years