Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
daddy's girl; daddy's boy
alopecia areata; spot baldness
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
pinky swear; pinky promise; linking little fingers to confirm a promise
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
physical work; physical worker; blue-collar worker
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
walleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma); Alaska pollack; walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
mala (spicy and numbing flavor)
burden reduction; alleviation of a burden
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
don't you ever come here again!; (lit.) come here the day before yesterday
two guilty parties tried and punished together
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
school affairs; religious affairs
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
sexual discrimination; sexism
super-sweet; sickly-sweet; overly kind; overly soft (on someone)
pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers
my personal (e.g. opinion)
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
(gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
one parent; single parent
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
to twine (fibers to make rope); to twist
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
consultation on career, university, etc. choices
tingling; stinging; pungently
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
kimchi; kimchee; spicy Korean pickled cabbage; Korea; Korean
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port