brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
it's not a problem; it's not a big deal; (person or thing) can be easily beaten or bettered (by one)
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
someone who is open about their obsession with anime, manga, etc.
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
figure; form; figurine; model figure; figure skating
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
houseboat; pleasure boat (large, roofed)
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
being inducted into a hall of fame
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
black ground; black cloth
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
corpulence; fatness; obesity
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
Non-alcoholic mixed drink
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet