Western tableware; dinnerware
thin sheet of silver; silver foil; censer; incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony; Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam
character assessment; personality analysis
to hypnotize; to hypnotise
advantage; upside; plus side; positive aspect; benefit
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
analog person; person not good with technology
star shop assistant; famous salesperson
drawing and manual arts room; arts and craft room
private junior high school
spending one night ahead (e.g. at a hotel near the airport the night before catching a flight); spending the night before
matters (issues) that need be reconsidered (reflected on)
polymerization; polymerisation
shopaholic; compulsive buying; shopaholicism
sleeper hold; chokehold from behind
to fail to catch; to ignore
metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
hold music; music on hold; hold tone
anniversary of the end of a war
burnishing; glazing; polishing
one man's fault is another's lesson
way (of going); route; way (of doing); method
kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji; furigana
desire for money for one's enjoyment (as an alleged motive for theft, fraud, etc.)
Labour Thanksgiving Day (national holiday; November 23) (Labor)