cram school; private tutoring school; juku
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to cut open; to cut apart; to divide; to split
crossed wires or lines (of communication); confusion
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
lifelike; exact resemblance
artificial flower; imitation flower; artificial flower making
aroma candle; aromatic candle
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
jamming; interference; cross talk
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do