scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
unless (you do something)
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to stop; to prohibit; to forbid someone to do something
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
spiritual; religious song; spiritual
feng shui; fengshui; wind and water
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
extreme masochist; very masochistic
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to pluck; to pick; to tear
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
good contrast; marked contrast
to dance; to perform dance steps
Bon holidays; Bon holiday period (in mid-August)
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
inscrutable; unmeasurable; unpredictable
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous