Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
popular spot; popular place; popular location
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
street stall; stand; booth
trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
Hakone ekiden; Hakone long-distance relay race
marathon; long-distance race
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
Arima Kinen (Arima Commemorative); major 2500m race for 3yo thoroughbred horses
reproachful; hateful; bitter
temporary closure (of a shop, etc.); extra holiday; special holiday
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
artificial satellite; man-made satellite
Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; information separator; delimiter
International Space Station
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to bend; to warp; to curve
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)