house; one's house; one's home; one's family
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
distinction; discrimination
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
central dogma (of molecular biology)
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
singing and dancing; song and dance
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
every place; various places
origin and history; particulars
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
how should I know?; don't ask me
proposal; motion; recommendation
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
after school (at the end of the day)
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence