Japanese writing; Japanese text
Operation Tomodachi; United States Armed Forces assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
high seas; international waters
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
home run hitting competition
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
vast; limitless; boundless
makeshift; improvised; hurriedly prepared; hastily got up
self-executing (computer file)
inclination; tendency; nature; character
pasteurization (at a low temperature); pasteurisation
don't push, don't run, don't talk, don't go back (emergency drill instruction)
directions; advisory; notice; warning
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
video recording; video media
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
interest in men; itch for men
child's identification tag
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
transaction rollback; rollback