clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone
number plate; license plate; licence plate
transfer; transport; transportation
several years; a few years
donation; contribution; endowment
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
perfect (for); ideal; just right; most suitable; tailor-made
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
locational advantage; advantageous position
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
guaranteed; authentic; certified
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
dullard; indecisive person
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
without thinking of the consequences
to make a mistake; to blunder
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
flying column; detached force
acting as a group; doing something together (in a group); collective action
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic