kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun
battle royale (game genre)
setting up an environment; creation of an environment
List of zombie video games
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
mnemonics; art of memorizing; mnemonic device
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
fish with a human-looking face
BASIC (programming language)
history of one's love affairs
sitting with one knee drawn up
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
falling asleep; sleep onset
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
cut end; section; opening; slit
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
dissidents; people who are against the Establishment; anti-Establishment groups
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
self-affirmation; self-approval
infrastructure improvement
paper strip (around parcels, banknotes, etc.)
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune