monaural; monophonic; mono
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
telephone bill; telephone rate
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
to begin purchasing; to purchase
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
(short) rest; breather; break
autumn breeze; fall breeze
(for the) first time in one's life
holding two or more positions concurrently
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
private affairs; personal matter
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
house; plastic greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
white; correction fluid; white-out