eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice
good-natured; of good character
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
(security) guard; caretaker; janitor; doorkeeper; gatekeeper
manner (with others); attitude
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
shallow playboy; frivolous lad; good-time Charlie
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow
stock; products; goods (esp. stolen); loot; spoils
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
interview (e.g. for a job)
very large school; school with a very large number of students; (lit.) mammoth school
interview; oral examination
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
nowadays; in this day and age
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
pupil; student; schoolchild
to surge (water or waves)
decoration; ornamental item
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
ringlets; ringlet curls; sausage curls
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
almighty; highest valued card (e.g. ace of spades); wild card