spaghetti Bolognese; spaghetti with meat sauce
baked seaweed; toasted seaweed
to digress; to stray from the subject; to miss the target; to fly wide of the mark
Thousand Island (dressing)
to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool
whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
just a handful; only a small number (of)
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
Nippon Sport Science University
push-up (exercise); press-up
to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)
entering the starting gate
non-slip device (material, tread, etc.); non-skid; anti-slip; back-up option (esp. with regard to university admissions); back-up choice; insurance choice
person who has lost something they used to rely on; (lit.) a monkey fallen from the tree
walking practice; getting one's legs into shape; warm-up; preparation
American-style (weak) drip coffee
whole dried small fish; whole dried daikon
fire for luring fish at night
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); ass; arse; butt
bubble bath; bubble bath soap; jacuzzi; whirlpool path
stage fright; social anxiety disorder; social phobia
without exaggeration; truthful; factual
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
the power of prayer (in Buddhism)
exemplification; illustrating by example
amusing; funny; interesting