square knot (starting with a right loop); double knot; reef knot; granny knot
square knot (starting with a left loop); double knot; reef knot; granny knot
sponsors of rikishi or their stables
off-brand; generic (goods)
extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night)
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
(a bar hostess) coming to work accompanied by a customer
polyethylene terephthalate; PET; positron emission tomography; PET
cashmere (fiber, yarn, fleece, clothing, etc. from the cashmere goat)
return current; convection; reflux
branch (of an institution); branch hospital; branch temple
(medicine with) a curative effect; (having) therapeutic value
sowing; seeding; planting
this institution; the main institution
ascites; abdominal dropsy
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
head (of a university department); chairperson
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
tweezers (esp. in a medical or laboratory setting); forceps
coincidence; conformity; anastomosis; inosculation
long night (esp. of autumn)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces
lesion; pathological change
yakuman; win worth 32000 points (or, if dealer, 48000 points)