standards author; writer of standards
nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)
action puzzle (video) game
fusion point; melting point
past (exam) question collection
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
study or science of literature; a liberal arts department
string bikini; g-string; thong
international mail; overseas mail
free-use notebook (unruled paper); general-purpose notebook
code name (of a product under development)
rent arrears; falling behind on rent payment
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
boiling in an iron pot; boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)
interview with leading player in a game (esp. baseball); player-of-the-game interview
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
light shimmering on water
dramatic production with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story, film, etc.
American joke; US joke; American sense of humor (humour)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
graphic artist; CGI artist; video game artist
my sincere congratulations; please accept my congratulations
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
weariness (from); fatigue; tiredness; exhaustion
ability to make plans; planning ability
to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; (lit.) to have the ladder pulled out from under one
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another
Hiraga Gennai (1728?-1779)
flagship product; leading product; hallmark product
eating live seafood (e.g. ice gobies, shrimp) while still moving