生

daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences

biochemistry

biometrics; biometric authentication

to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule

raw milk

Formal or literary term

to bear a child; to give birth (to)

hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money); life's struggles

plant and equipment; production equipment; productive capacity

sanitary-protection products (e.g. sanitary napkins, tampons); sanpro

unboiled water

menstrual pain; period pain

daily necessities; goods for everyday life

source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter

Poetical term

to grow (of moss, grass, etc.); to sprout; to appear

to be replaced with new growth

live bait

Common noun

one's nature or personality

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

inherent; innate

fresh blood; lifeblood

to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close

lifelike life-sized doll (made in the late Edo and Meiji periods)

doll-like beauty

Abbreviation

co-op; (consumers') cooperative

production base

namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)

to lay; to spawn