mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)
civil service examination
Japanese Industrial Standards; JIS
treating (someone) like an object
selling (real-estate) lots
wisdom tooth; not knowing who your parents are; person who doesn't know who their parents are
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
living with one's parents; living at home
part; section; part of the body; affected part (of the body); local (e.g. anesthesia); topical
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
(regular) customer; client; patron; clientele
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new
coupling; shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
interval; step; pitch; key
set of three; three sets; three classes
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first