tax source; source of taxation revenue; taxable item
to work hard; to make an effort
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
showing (i.e. being visibly pregnant); someone who is visibly pregnant
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
the treasure that is children; child
tax allocated to local governments
translation; piece of translated writing; translated sentence
chipped stone tool; flaked stone tool
couple; husband and wife; man and wife; sibling; brother and sister
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
eyes slanted upward; rising tendency
having lunch in a toilet cubicle by oneself
amount to be borne; one's share (of expenses)
fingerspelling (in sign language for the deaf); finger alphabet
to try to appear smart; to pretend to be intelligent
Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder
breast; rounded part on the upper end of shamisen neck
Remember (Pink Lady song)
local public body; local government
first place; head position; leading position