tea dispenser (in office break rooms); tea machine
long-lived program (on TV, radio, etc.); long runner
warehousing; storing; entering a garage; entering the depot
interviewee; subject of an interview
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
comparatively; quite; rather
bicycle shop; bicycle dealer
Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race
to be very surprised; to be flabbergasted
indiscriminate killing; indiscriminate murder
graduation thesis; bachelor's degree thesis
tissue paper; toilet paper
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
washing with water; rinsing; flushing
Wagyu beef; Japanese beef
burnable garbage; burnable waste
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
old friend; familiar face
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person
absence due to illness; sick leave
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
to pack; to box; to package
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
wall with exposed timber pillars
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline