(historical, Japanese colonialism) kominka, "transformation into citizens of the emperor": the colonial Japanese policy of Japanization

to remember, to recognize, to look familiar

Short for ミニスカート (minisukāto, “miniskirt”).

to sleep slothfully / (by extension) to idle away one's time

to pour water (into); to dilute with water / (idiomatic) to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on; to put a damper on; to estrange (people)

weakness, vulnerable point, shortcoming

privatization

to privatize

a private residence temporarily taking lodgers, similar to B&B

(slang) person who lives outside of the major Japanese metropolitan areas (often in reference to hindered access to physical forms of cultural phenomena such as promotional events)