regional colour (color); regional flavour (flavor)
cat café; themed café where patrons can pet cats
haircut of uniform length
local costumed mascot character
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern
getting back together; being reconciled; returning to normal
man who brings the rain with him wherever he goes; man who is constantly unlucky with the weather
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue
must not do; should not do; do not do
haramaki; bellyband; stomach band; torso armour that opens at the back; haramaki
Kentucky Fried Chicken; KFC
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
occupational therapist; OT; overtime; Old Testament
closing hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
potato chips; potato crisps
this place; where one comes from; here
vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
living by oneself; living alone