jean jacket; denim jacket
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
bookmaker; bookie; trader performing (stock market) bucketing; bucket shop
consolation party (held after failure or defeat)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
to get drunk; to become tipsy
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
to settle (in a place); to settle down
human rights; civil liberties
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare
labor camp; labour camp; low-quality accommodation for laborers
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
toast; congratulatory cup
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; MHLW
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
airsoft (war game using air guns firing plastic pellets); game of survival
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
house; greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!