chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
meanwhile; in the meantime
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
natto (fermented soybeans)
lightly pickled vegetables
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice)
abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; deep-frying; deep-fried food
one's house; one's home; one's family
leaving (a light, TV, etc.) on; leaving engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
to sell out; to exhaust one's stock
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
temporal region; regio temporalis (capitis)
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
to make coffee; to brew coffee
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri
to happen to hear; to overhear
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
23rd day of the month; 23 days
Autumnal Equinox Day (national holiday celebrated by honoring ancestors and remembering the deceased; September 22, 23 or 24)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
to look happy; to look pleased; to make eyes (at someone); to ogle
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk