sea grapes (Caulerpa lentillifera)
mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
sunlight filtering through trees
to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment
virtual currency; cryptocurrency
stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
detective agency; enquiry agency
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
new record (in sports, etc.)
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
debt collection; debt collector
lifting (a child) high up in the air
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
Niigata (city, prefecture)
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
bill (at a restaurant); check
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)