pineapple (Ananas comosus)
nursing care authorization
sponging (e.g. off one's parents); sponger
on the point of vanishing
being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey
Yoshinaga Sayuri (1945.3-)
protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field
booklet constituting an informal living will (containing wishes regarding one's hospitalization or funeral, and perhaps one's life story, messages to loved ones, etc.)
panel; scene-panel; painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted
to continue one's studies up to university; to go to university
welcome party for new students, club members, etc.
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
loco moco (Hawaiian rice dish)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus); (arch.) black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus); Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)
to freeze; to freeze over
man who enjoys child rearing
distribution; allocation; dispensation; impartation
one's life under medical treatment; (means and time spent) fighting against an illness
award of excellence; merit award
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
emergency transport; ambulance transport
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
one parent; single parent