loan, credit card, etc. arrangement where one makes an extra payment on receiving a bonus
snooze (delay function on alarm clock)
teppanyaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)
needy circumstances; living in poverty
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
(railway) buffer stop; bumper; bumping post
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
aftercare; care for patients after discharge from hospital; after-sales service
leaving everything to someone else
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
child consultation center; children's welfare center
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
ex post facto report; report after the event
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
ordinary person; untitled individual
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
that year; same year; same age
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to quit one's job; to resign
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
love affair; love relationship
ninth day of the month; nine days
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
persecution complex; paranoia
making do; getting by (somehow); managing