one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to become bright; to become clear
Ajinomoto; brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
porcelain; baking by means of hot stones or pebbles
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes); killifish; Japanese medaka
poking someone's anus with one's index fingers (childish prank)
Sazae-san (Japanese comic character)
Anne of Green Gables (novel by L. M. Montgomery)
cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close; deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
(crime of) theft; (crime of) stealing; larceny
university entrance examination
dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
storefront; front of a store
sanitary-protection products (e.g. sanitary napkins, tampons); sanpro
releasing on parole; conditional release
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
elementary, junior high and high school
within; inside of; less than
realism; depicting realistically; representing accurately
feeling of food or drink going down one's throat