to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; (lit.) to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
annoyance; irritation; vexation; abdominal spasms; convulsions; cramps
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
owning nothing except the clothes on one's back
long snouted lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)
losing shape (of clothing, etc.); losing form
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
settlement; solution; resolution
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
loss of spirit; dejection
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
way of speaking; intimation
naked eye; the physical eye
senility; dotage; decrepitude
poppy seed; something extremely tiny
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
change; transition; vicissitudes
wind power; force (level on the Beaufort wind speed scale)
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to be silent; to hold one's tongue; to contain oneself; to disregard; to ignore; to let pass
abandoned city; deserted city
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
mound; heap; burial mound; tomb; standing stone; stone signpost
surfeit; glut; being fed up; food poisoning
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
good performance; good work; great success