to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
cookware; cooking utensil
self-protection; self-defence
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
elasticity; resilience; flexibility; adaptability
one's impression of a product after trying it out; feel of a product (during use); usability; signs of use (of a product); wear and tear
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
shaking like a jelly; jellylike
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
again; once again; yet again
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
tautology (language); tautology
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
superiority; predominance
playground (for children); park
air or vapour in the soil (vapor); electrical earth; ground
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
antiques business; curio dealer; secondhand dealer
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
street fighting; urban warfare
person who notifies the police; informer; whistleblower; delator
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
unredeemed article; forfeited item
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
four corners; four ordinal directions