monaural; monophonic; mono
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
different type of business; different occupation
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
Koshihikari (variety of rice)
housewife demographic; housewives
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
assistant director (in taking professional movies)
mid-year gift; summer gift
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
foreign capital group; foreign company
(spaghetti alla) carbonara
movie director; film director
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
to win the prize; to win the ring
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to buy more (of something)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
autumn breeze; fall breeze
and; thereupon; because of that
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
as you see; as you can see
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony