battery-assisted bicycle; electric bicycle; e-bike
shredded kombu; Kjellmaniella gyrata (species of kelp)
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot
real estate world; property market
serious relationship (esp. one with the prospect of marriage)
Kanjani Eight, Japanese pop group; Kansai Johnny's junior
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
to attract someone with food
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star; UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile)
red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)
disaster prevention practice
hotel voucher; accommodation voucher
pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program
feeling of fullness; ability of a food to fill you up
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
Hello Work; nickname for the Public Employment Security Office
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to smash; to break into pieces
nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for
driver's license; driver's licence; driving licence
support group; fan club; (election) committee
Akita prefecture (Tōhoku area)
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement