safety (well-being) of one's family; peace and prosperity in the household
health; healthy; sound; fit
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence; exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)
easy delivery; easy childbirth; safe birth
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to have troubles; to have concerns
votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
willpower; energy; vitality
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
toothpick; skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony); toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
angrily; in a huff; in anger; plump; tender
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
box of sweets (usu. given as a gift)
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
rubber band; elastic band
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
street parking; on-street parking
light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
seat belt; seatbelt; safety belt
license; licence; permission; driver's license
licence; license; permit; certificate (of qualification)