recommending; recommendation
stammering; stuttering; dysphemia
having no make-up; wearing no make-up; being without make-up
amusing video; funny clip
Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki
Astro Boy (Japanese anime character)
win worth 12000 points (or, if dealer, 18000 points)
Comrades: Almost a Love Story
intestinal environment; microbiome
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
toilet sandals; bathroom sandals
take-out; take-away; carry-out
metallophone; carillon; glockenspiel
threatened abortion; imminent abortion; threatened miscarriage; imminent miscarriage
practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer
meat miso; miso mixed with ground meat
new single (by a recording artist); person of marriageable age who remains single (e.g. to focus on their career)
does not match (one's, its) appearance
the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)
natto bacteria (Bacillus subtilis var. natto)
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
sunlight filtering through trees
soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
reel for a spare bowstring
take (e.g. in film-making)
gasoline-powered vehicle; gasoline automobile; gasoline car; gasoline truck
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
clinical psychologist; clinical psychotherapist
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
person obsessed with thoughts of sex
fried cake of layered slices of ham
very unskillful; extremely awkward