small tengu; promising young martial arts practitioner
large tengu; powerful tengu; big braggart; blowhard
burial mound for severed heads
Michelin (tyre manufacturer); Michelin Guide (rating hotels and restaurants)
The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)
mountaineering club; mountain area
ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; running a red light; jaywalking
various places; several sources
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
power spot; spiritual hot spot; location said to be flowing with mystical energy
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
wet nurse; nursing mother
outside one's jurisdiction
call register; incoming call history; list of received calls
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
unsettled; pending; unresolved
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
close; intimate; on good terms
bishop's staff; khakkhara