Iwasaki Hiromi (1958.11-)
Okinawan biscuit (similar to shortbread, made with lard); Okinawan cookie
hirer; lessee; leaseholder
Yamashita Tatsurou (1953.2-)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
funerary urn; cinerary urn; burial urn; cremation urn
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
running at full speed; going as fast as one can go
hyperesthesia; hypersensitivity
love game (tennis, badminton); game won without the opponent scoring
lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata)
Tartary (various tribes that historically inhabited the area north of China)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
employment adjustment subsidy; subsidy for employment adjustment; subsidy to help defray layoff costs
hair dye (for graying hair)
free trial (e.g. of software, game, etc.)
prajna-paramita (perfection of wisdom)
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
traffic report; information on traffic flow; transportation information
women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (lit.) comfort women
mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound
bowl of eel and rice (donburi)
place; European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa); plaice
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
to come for the first time; to become for the first time
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make