choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to have (something) innate; to be born with
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
to call again; to call someone back
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
eighth day of the month; eight days
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
moderate; proper; just right
by all means; by all costs
journey; route of a journey
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
another's parent; another's parents
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
snake; serpent; large snake
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator