opposing side; opposite camp; opposition
Wood Rat (1st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Minister of Health and Welfare
to write ruby characters (small furigana above or beside kanji)
intercommunication system
waste-disposal facility; landfill; garbage dump
floor heating; underfloor heating
attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)
sweating easily; profuse sweater
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
leisure facility (e.g. amusement park)
Japanese syllabary; kana; aiueo
flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
Hello Work; nickname for the Public Employment Security Office
payment; provision; benefit; performance
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
legislative bill; measure; agenda item