likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
tight skirt; straight skirt
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to not believe one's ears
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
in that way; like that; that way
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
display window; shop window; store window
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
with a momentary flash of light
good young man; agreeable youth
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
sunlight; rays of the Sun
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
riskiness; (level of) danger
knowing only too well; being fully aware of