permanent residence; denizenship
to pack an assortment of goods, etc.
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
my condolences; my deepest sympathy
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
laughing while reminiscing
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
close; intimate; on good terms
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
article to be delivered; present
homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homozygote; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans)
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man