to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up
staying behind after school to do private study
area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956)
footbath (for improving blood circulation)
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
local deity; guardian god
curtailed transit schedule
going up and down; ascent and descent
space between the teeth; interdental space
wild harvested nori; jelly lichen (Collema sp.)
marriage; marriage tie; love knot
apple core; core of an apple
from the cradle to the grave
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
JR ticket office; JR ticket counter; (lit.) green ticket window
diet; low calorie; reduced calorie
ornamental kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephara)
worried; troubled; afflicted; to afflict; to torment
to cost little; to come cheap
barking over nothing (of a dog); barking at passers-by or visitors
first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.); base-fare zone; starting fare; base fare
significant turning point
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
Pocari Sweat (sports drink)
jalapeno pepper; jalapeno
pet hotel; boarding kennel
nicotinism; nicotine addiction; nicotine poisoning
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
fee charged at a public bath
periphery; margin; rim; penumbra
vigorous for one's age; active despite one's years; hale and hearty; full of beans