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
technical high school; industrial high school
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
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
girls' or women's division or section
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
degree of attention; profile
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
master; expert; mansion; large house; rich family; distinguished family
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another