restaurant (esp. Western-style)
public facilities; utilities
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
independent business; self-employment
final income tax return; final declaration; final report
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
information board; building directory
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
government worker; public servant; civil servant
to pull one's hair back into a bun
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
wide difference; a world of difference
talk; recital; narration; topic
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
very interesting; of great interest
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
softly; mildly; gently; politely
funazushi; old-style fermented crucian carp sushi