nuisance mail (such as chain mail, etc.)
hold music; music on hold; hold tone
pet groomer; animal groomer; laminate trimmer; trimmer; hair clipper
express dispatch; urgent correspondence
alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.); sensor
going to Tokyo; going east
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
dental clinic; dental surgery
top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
bus on a regular route; fixed-route bus; transit bus
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
information; news; intelligence
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
number-withheld phone calls
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
Japanese-style confectionary store
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
rip-off; unfair overcharging; clip joint