different school (e.g. of ikebana)
iron sight (on a gun, etc.)
plum vinegar; (salted) plum juice
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
drawing eyes (esp. on a daruma doll)
traveled road; road somebody came along
demagnetization; demagnetisation; degaussing
very reasonable; being perfectly consistent with reason; standing to reason
to take the law into one's own hands
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
without one's knowledge; easily
saying no is also an expression of fondness; no often means yes; the lady doth protest too much
year in, year out; always; 24-7
not completely unthinkable; not impossible
funazushi; old-style fermented crucian carp sushi
chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
guesswork; speculation; hunch
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do; (lit.) cannot go
finger stall; fingerstall; finger cot; rubber finger tip; rubber thimble; thimblette
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
to become rampant; to be rife
customer one has never met before; first-time customer
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
ridiculously good reception; being extremely well-received
close call; narrow escape