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)
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
national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)
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
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)
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
greeting; a fine thing to say
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly