slot machine in a pachinko parlor
with a pop; with a squish; grainy; crunchy; bubble wrap; small grains
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
celebration; auspicious occasion
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium
drinking bout; merrymaking
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
normal duties; (one's) regular work
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
multipurpose knife; Swiss Army knife
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
no need to guess; certainly
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
headgear (esp. one made of cloth); hood; kerchief; tokin (headgear worn by yamabushi)
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
causing a stir; causing a commotion; making a fuss; troublemaker; person who causes a stir
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
answer sheet; blank answer paper; examination paper; test paper
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net
moai; Okinawan-style social support group
Putin; Putin, Vladimir (1952-; president of Russia)
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
round; spherical; circular
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
next; secondly; subsequently
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway