jacket picture (i.e. of a record)
grated daikon; daikon grater
photography contest; photography competition
Guri and Gura (children's book series)
vicissitudes; ups and downs
Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
financing company; credit firm
pep-up; reassurance; pick-me-up; restorative; energizer
breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth
finally; in the end; on top of all that
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
out of focus; off the point
Venus (Roman goddess); Venus (planet)
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
bicycle shop; bicycle dealer
about; concerning; as to; regarding
small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
written estimate; quotation; quote
award of excellence; merit award
collision; bumping into; head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice
education or school expenses
national sport (e.g. sumo)
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
driver's license; driver's licence; driving licence
looking straight at the camera; paying attention to the camera