take (e.g. in film-making)
no side (rugby); full time; end of game; post-fight mutual praise; reconciling
pseudo-romance; pseudo (mock) love affair
rental house; rental housing; house to let
no-good man; (male) loser
finally; in the end; on top of all that
pyramid; monumental work; landmark achievement
rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation; difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation
jackal (carnivores, Canis aureus ssp., C. adustus, C. mesomelas)
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
Sasamorpha borealis (species of bamboo grass unique to Japan)
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts
going on about oneself; talking about oneself
sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author
first (of its kind) in Japan
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle); hideous face
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
no-good man; (male) loser
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
cost of a meal (or meals)
drawing pictures; painting pictures; taking photographs
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now