light; easy; non-serious; minor
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
it's not like; it isn't as if
hairline; borders of the hair
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
board or officer's meeting
look!; there!; here!; that is
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
burnable garbage; burnable waste
tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
endurance; perseverance; patience
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
to get angry; to become perverse
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
classification; categorization; sorting
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
shallow knowledge; superficial learning
sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)