difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work); apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen
monaural; monophonic; mono
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
take care; take good care of yourself
iron sand; magnetite sand
fax; facsimile; fax machine
law department; law school
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
boiled and half-dried bonito
living by oneself; living alone
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
walnut (Juglans spp., esp. Juglans regia)
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
haori (Japanese formal coat)
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint