pregnancy discrimination; workplace discrimination against pregnant women; dismissing an employee because they are pregnant
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
descendant; posterity; offspring
what is called; what they call; so-called
person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to be prominently ...; to be persistently ...
to have the memory of having done something oneself
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
sleazy; vulgar; low-life; shabby
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
demon of ill health; disease
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
sexual arousal; sexual excitation
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
initial medical examination
drawing blood; collecting blood
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason