cross-head screw; Phillips-head screw; Phillips screw
breaking open a ceremonial sake barrel
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge
to go wherever one has to go (to get a matter settled, e.g. the court)
water that has been used to wash rice
I sincerely believe in Amitabha; Lord have mercy on me
skilled worker; skilled labour
giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
technical research institute
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
rival (company); competitor
five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes; five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); (fig.) the five periods of the Buddha's teachings
small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive; (arch.) inferior goods; (arch.) low-quality article
shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes
fund-raising; fund collecting
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
the positive and the negative
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; workers' compensation insurance
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
on hand; readily available
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness