Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food
pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder
assistant; right-hand man; subordinate; (lit.) wifely role
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
horse's legs; stage actor who plays the role of a horse's legs
odd couple; incongruous couple
to beat to death; to kill
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
what type of thing; which one
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
apologies for the crude food
smoothly; frictionlessly; easily
auto-hypnosis; self-hypnosis; self-induced hypnotism
clear profit; great profit (without any investment)
which is which; one or the other
young wife; young married woman
children's game similar to Statues or Red Light Green Light; Bodhidharma fell down
autumn, season of good appetite
sexual interest in young boys; boy love
to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)
brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly (shining)
dakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant
fish balls; fish dumplings
to charge to the company; to put on an expense account; to write off as an expense
to have a good eye (from having seen fine art, etc.); to be a connoisseur
earmuffs (for protection against cold); ear warmers