Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
maternity leave; eight weeks of compulsory leave following childbirth, plus an optional further six weeks; paternity leave
polynomial; integral expression
Fukuyama Masaharu (1969.2-)
the two houses of legislature
portable safe; portable cash box
worried; troubled; afflicted; to afflict; to torment
geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman
arm wrestling; to arm wrestle
free trial (e.g. of software, game, etc.)
plan for one's life; life planning
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
major-leaguer; member of a major-league team
school; school building; schoolhouse
heave-ho!; one-two-three heave!
Maitreya (bodhisattva); Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats)
to be off-pitch; to be off-key; to be out of tune
being closed; being blocked up; being occupied; unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
child on waiting list (kindergarten, school, etc.)
direct import; direct importation
guidelines; guiding principle; dictates
Tokai region of Honshu (incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
another thing; other things; another man's property
traffic congestion; traffic jam; (traffic) deadlock
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
to be conceited; to be stuck up; to be full of oneself; to be cocky
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
cancellation charge; cancellation fee
making do; getting by (somehow); managing