tortoise-shaped scrubbing brush (from company name)
leatherman; conspicuously gay male who belongs to the leather subculture and engages in bodybuilding
drive fishing; drive hunting
concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects
sex; sexual intercourse; sound of bed creaking and woman moaning
pregnancy discrimination; workplace discrimination against pregnant women; dismissing an employee because they are pregnant
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
lowest level; minimum level; ground floor
fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
belly of a pregnant woman
negative campaign; mudslinging
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
production stoppage; discontinuance
global standard; global standards
international organization; international organisation
Culture Day (national holiday; November 3)
dated; date; fixed; external
ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
paper width; allotted number of pages (e.g. for article in magazine); assigned space; binding for calligraphy and paintings
to fold (one's) arms; to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
high sensitivity; fragile heart
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
lasting (work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded