low-carb diet; low-carbohydrate diet
alley house; rear tenement; slum
pockmark (caused by a pimple); acne scarring
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
freely; frankly; without reserve
evil gods (who cause sin, etc.)
Izumo Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Izumo province; 733 CE)
custom-built home; built-to-order house
person who dislikes smoking; anti-smoker; militant nonsmoker
spreading baseless information to benefit one's own position in the stock market (etc.); statement that is beneficial to oneself
agricultural revolution; agrarian revolution
colonel (JASDF, JGSDF); captain (JMSDF)
lieutenant colonel (JGSDF)
Nebuta; nighttime festival in Tōhoku (esp. Aomori)
spread of rumours (esp. to influence stock prices); spread of rumors
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch
facial expression of feigned ignorance
intractable (diseases); hard to cure; rebellious; insurgent; refractory
soft vinyl; vinyl chloride monomer, used for moulded shapes such as toys
national land development (e.g. building infrastructure, roads, etc.)
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
communication disorder; being bad at communication; being unsociable
installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine
State Shintō; nationalistic form of Shinto, formerly the official religion of Japan
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
interphase; interkinesis; midcycle