motorization; motorisation
summer insect; summer insects
monaural; monophonic; mono
skewered sweet rice cakes served with soy sauce and miso
food delivery service; catering; walk-on part (in a play or film); background actor; extra
most successful (of one's relatives, classmates, etc.)
pompom; pompon; pom-pom; pom-pon
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi
Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
drying machine; dryer; desiccator
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to perceive; to understand
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
elder sister; effeminate man
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
living by oneself; living alone
and; thereupon; because of that
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
and; thereupon; because of that
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
to find out; to discover; to detect
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
washing machine (laundry)