becoming a monk; entering priesthood
electronic voting; e-voting
garden cemetery; park cemetery; memorial park
analogue record; phonograph record; gramophone record
drainboard; draining board
confiture; confection; jam
tonkatsu sauce; sauce made from ketchup, Worcester, soy, mirin, mustard, etc.
reheating bathwater; cooking additional rice
District Land Transport Bureau (i.e. motor traffic agency)
haircut of uniform length
kanji "grass radical" (radical 140); grass crown
posing; pretending; mock-up
nutritional supplement; dietary supplement
to break the tape (at the finishing line); to breast the tape
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
model year (of an automobile, etc.)
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
this winter; next winter; last winter
pail-like wooden container typically lacquered in Japanese style, used for holding and serving hot liquids
to raise somebody's spirits; to enhance a mood
telephone table; telephone stand
intercommunication system
caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap
ring name (in pro wrestling)
elastic; elastic cord; elastic band
rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong); clip-clopping (e.g. horse); crumbly; ambling; strolling; dozing
rising intonation; upward inflection; rising tendency; upward trend; feet-first somersault hanging from the horizontal bar