coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
air-permeability; breathability
soft drink; refreshing drink
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
slow (slightly pejorative); dull; stupid
leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa
parody (of a song); new lyrics to an old melody; song parody
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
to control; to command; to get the better of
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
pulsation; pulsatory motion
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
sound of something falling
father and mother; parents
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
leaving school during a term
oblique line; forward slash
storage medium; recording medium