oyaki; fried round wheat or buckwheat flour cake with various fillings; imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
eloquence; volubility; (lit.) (like) water on a standing board
robotic vacuum cleaner; robovac; Roomba
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
state secrets; secrets of the state
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
passing the winter; hibernation
mixture of ice and water (for keeping fish fresh)
training; education; development; cultivation
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
racewalking; race walking; walking race
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
to appear in the newspaper
pocket heater; hand warmer; heater pack