dismantling a (family) tomb
single-parent family; one-parent family; single-parent household
series (of publications); library (set of books)
candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick
movie in which ... has the starring role
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)
single parent; one parent
treating bed hair; hair product for treating bed hair
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
first day of winter (approx. November 8)
streetwalker; nightwalker; prostitute
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
hard to reach place; remote place
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
anthology; selection of books
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
public relations department (section, office)
first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall
to anticipate; to foresee
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
oyaki; fried round wheat or buckwheat flour cake with various fillings; imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
to eat untidily; to eat a bit of everything; to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things
to go viral; to make a buzz (on the Internet)
gigantic peak; kyoho grape; large purple-black slip-skin grape variety, like Concord grapes
the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
mass-produced arrows; arrows for target practice
file cabinet; filing cabinet; shelf of documents
going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)
magnifying glass; magnifier; loupe