cargo pants; cargo trousers
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
one end; an end; part; fragment
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho
to peel (roughly); to tear off; to rip off
weird; disgusting; sickening
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
a.m.; before noon; ante meridiem; AM broadcasting; amplitude modulation
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
there is nothing; having nothing
Escherichia coli (E. coli); colon bacterium
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
tick (Acari spp.); mite; hoodlum; tough
memory; ability to remember