strawberry field; strawberry patch
mahjong gambling; playing mahjong for money
Daihatsu (Japanese automobile manufacturer)
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken
gate ball (game similar to croquet)
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
underground website (often critical or containing unofficial information)
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
unpaid; without pay; gratuitous; voluntary
(arch.) small cedar; thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
first offence; first offense; first offender
both; many; various; together
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
custom; common practice; habit
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
omitted character; omitted letter
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
financial world; business circles
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
European Community; EC; e-commerce; electronic commerce; emergency contraception; engineering constructor
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
novel coronavirus (esp. SARS-CoV-2)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
successor; replacement; second wife
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
this for sure; certainly is
(I) won't (say) anything no matter what (expression is followed by negative verb relating to say, answer, etc.) to not (tell) even under any threat