dish dressed with sesame sauce
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
brewery (sake, soy); brewer; (arch.) warehouse overseer
to be on the right track; to go well
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
photo exhibition; exhibition of photographs; photograph exhibition; photographic exhibition
special selection; special approval; special prize; highest honours
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata)
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
image data; graphics data; digital image
jujube (Ziziphus jujube); Chinese date; red date; small tea caddy (tea ceremony)
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
hired car with driver; chauffeur-driven vehicle for hire
professionalism; professional awareness
goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
zest for living; energy to live
musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)