four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
teacher's cane; teacher's pointer
pleased to make your acquaintance
ladylike; in the manner of a lady
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
color scheme; colour scheme
hermit crab; renting a house; tenant
shellfish; seashell; shell
artist's impression; picture based on one's imagination; imaginary rendering
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
ancestor; forefather; foremother
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
vexing; irritating; impatient
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
magic; sorcery; incantation
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
inferior goods; faulty item
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
changing completely; transformation
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
timewise; temporal; chronal
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
arabiki; arabiki sausage; coarsely ground sausage
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)