futomaki; thick roll of makizushi
key success factor; key to success; KSF
kindergartener; preschooler
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student
preschool education; early childhood education
waiting for someone to arrive
food delivery service; catering; walk-on part (in a play or film); background actor; extra
finishing kindergarten; graduating from kindergarten
thank you for your continued patronage
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
8000; eight thousand; many
personal record; personal best
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
renewing oneself; changing one's way of thinking
nursing; nurturing; rearing; lactation; suckling
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
all the questions (in an exam, quiz, etc.)
large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
fertile shoot of field horsetail
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
to become desperate; to give in to despair
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reedmace
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)