Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili); purplish amberjack; greater yellowtail
Maitreya (bodhisattva); Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats)
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
technical high school; industrial high school
dog paddle (swimming style); doggy paddle
freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
famous literary composition
confidential; secret; classified
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
(indoor) observation deck; observation room; observatory
wide place; starting field containing any of the January, March or August 20-point cards
all varieties of flowers; many flowers
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
pork-cutlet sandwich; tonkatsu sandwich
utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
girls' or women's division or section
marshy rice field or paddy
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
gathering; mixer; meetup; assembly; social; exchange meeting
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
degree of attention; profile
young female rice planter; young girl
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems