Sogetsu school of flower arrangement
nursing in the home by visiting nurses
rules are rules; a rule is a rule
traditional Japanese handball game
estate sale; estate liquidation
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
whitebait; elver (young eel)
wicker trunk; wicker luggage
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
traffic restrictions; traffic control
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
mole under the eye (supposedly due to having cried)
(tip section of) chicken wing; second segment of chicken wing
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
IQ; intelligence quotient
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
panorama; panoramic painting
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
one's own style; self-taught manner
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
police cell; place of detention; jail
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment