Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed); dried nori; dried laver
female sumo wrestling; female sumo wrestler
super hero belt; transformation belt
nail technician; manicurist
vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)
master of business administration; MBA; military base agreement
hakkeyoi!; come on!; go ahead!
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
strike while the iron is hot
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris
to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; (lit.) hundred flowers blooming in profusion
rule; (ruled) line; line (on a go board, shogi board, etc.)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
letter affixed to an arrow
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
common raccoon (Procyon lotor)
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
son of a bitch; piece of shit
leaving everything up to someone else
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
posing; modeling; modelling
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
take-out; take-away; carry-out
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
company; group; class; troop; rank; file
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)