noun:

• school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events

noun:

• eastern Japan; Japan east of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, i.e. east of the Chūbu region ➜ 糸魚川静岡構造線・西日本

~の noun:

• aerobic; with oxygen

noun / ~の noun:

• security-related; from the stand-point of safety

noun:

• English ivy (Hedera helix); common ivy

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

noun:

• here and there; in places

noun:

• Alcor; the Little Horseman star - obscure term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to bloom all over; to bloom in riotous profusion

expression / adverb:

• even more; all the more - usu. as いやが上にも ➜ いやが上にも

noun / ~する noun:

• pinioning; binding arms behind the back

noun:

• brush strokes; way of moving the brush

expression:

• too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man - proverb

expression:

• which is which; one or the other

noun:

• raigan (Omphalia lapidescens); parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine

noun:

• rum raisin; raisins marinated in rum

noun:

• love set; tennis set with a 6-0 result

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards - Ōsaka dialect ➜ めんこ

noun:

• Atelocynus; genus containing the short-eared dog

noun / ~の noun:

• (top) half naked; naked above the waist

noun:

• placer gold; gold found in placer deposits ➜ 砂鉱

noun:

• gardening; puttering around in the garden

temporal noun:

• all night; the whole night

noun:

• height difference; difference in elevation

noun:

• key performer; last performer of the day ➜ 取り【とり】