front basket (e.g. on a bicycle)
Digital Versatile Disc video; DVD video
hidden meaning; symbolism; moral
monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
disinfection; sterile filtration
wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist)
last (on the list); at the bottom; last player
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (type of laser eye surgery); LASIK
sewing scissors; dressmaker's shears
(crime of) rape; criminal assault
closing down a hospital, institution, temple, etc.; shutting down; closing a hospital, institution, temple, etc. (for the day); adjourning the Diet session (pre-WWII)
external auditory canal; ear canal; external auditory meatus
girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots
to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
pattern; design; distinction
squatting (usu. with elbows on knees)
seeing something that isn't actually there; hallucination; pretending not to see; looking the other way; looking upwards
grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; (lit.) more important than three meals a day
the customer is always right; the customer is king
someone with a dual personality
necrophilia; necrophilism
lifting a girl's skirt; flipping up a skirt
smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth
agreement; assent; Norway
the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
euphemism; euphemistic expression