connector cable; connection cable
brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG
cat ears; nekomimi; character with cat ears; ears with soft earwax that has a slight smell
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
splitting the bill (usu. evenly); splitting the check; paying one's own expenses; going Dutch
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
Tengyō era (938.5.22-947.4.22); Tenkei era
nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; bragging; conceit; braggart
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
doll cake; sponge cake in various shapes filled with red bean paste
sweetened mochi flavoured with Japanese pepper
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
(bar of) sweet-potato paste
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
tingling; stinging; pungently
dreamworld; dreamland; la-la land
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post