one-plate meal; simple meal; austerity diet
to be downhearted; to look miserable
"frost descent" solar term (approx. October 23)
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
escorted person; person being guarded; ballast tamper; tamping machine
job (responsibility) of a section
kyōtei; boat race; hydroplane racing event and gambling sport in Japan
to get a crick in one's neck (while sleeping)
don't you ever come here again!; (lit.) come here the day before yesterday
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
arrest rate; clear-up rate; crime-arrest ratio
visit to a hospital, temple, school, etc.
dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
seitai; manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, and encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
forensic researcher; crime scene investigator
staff member; station employee; official
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
headlock (wrestling move)
going along voluntarily to be questioned by police
person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer
substitution; replacement; permutation; substitution; displacement
senility; dotage; decrepitude
person who avoids others; social outcast
sampling a drink; tasting
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything