to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair); to thin (hair); to reduce in volume
cartridge (for a firearm)
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
children's story; fairy tale
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)
natto (fermented soybeans)
baked seaweed; toasted seaweed
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
worthy of special mention
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
cripple; disabled person; invalid; (game, internet, etc.) addict
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
to turn over a new leaf; to reform (oneself)
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice
symptomatic therapy; allopathy; makeshift solution; stopgap measures; temporary expedient