Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)
hakkeyoi!; come on!; go ahead!
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to strangle; to constrict
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate
hot topic; talk of the town
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
to do (a person) good; to bring profit
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
hearsay; learning by hearsay
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
timewise; temporal; chronal
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then