noun:

• monjayaki; savoury pancake with various fillings, thinner than okonomiyaki ➜ お好み焼き

expression / adjective:

• speechless (with amazement); struck dumb; tongue-tied; dumbfounded

noun:

• unsympathetic manager; section chief with a heart of stone

expression / adjective:

• on very good terms with each other; romantically attached

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to look on with arms folded

noun:

• playing with dirt ➜ 土遊び
• gardening; farming (as a hobby)

noun:

• alignment with the Western powers of America and Europe

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be fired up with enthusiasm for accomplishing something

noun:

• fully equipped (particularly with reference to cars)

noun / ~する noun:

• getting into a physical relationship with an online acquaintance - from ネット and ゲット - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency

noun:

• Triad (secret Chinese society usually associated with organized crime) ➜ 会党

noun:

• Saurischia (order of dinosaurs with lizard-like pelvic structures)

noun:

• takoyaki pan (cast iron with semi-spherical molds) ➜ たこ焼き

expression / conjunction:

• not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special

noun:

• Peucedanum japonicum (species of umbellifer with edible leaves)

noun:

• skewered pieces of tofu baked and coated with miso - Food term

noun:

• pescatore (used in reference to Italian dishes with seafood) - From Italian

noun:

• mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour ➜ 餅

noun:

• seafood seasoned with salt and sake then steamed

noun:

• jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

noun:

• yehu (bowed Chinese instrument with a coconut-shell body)

noun:

• Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette

noun:

• skimming (illegally copying credit cards with a swipe device)

noun:

• Agaricus subrufescens (species of mushroom with purported medicinal properties)