mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
in the picture; in the figure; in the (middle of the) diagram
to push (someone) around; to shove around; to treat roughly; to bully
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
to frolic about; to mess around
plump; chubby; voluptuous
boasting of one's strength
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
be inextricably involved; be in a sticky situation
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
then; well; so; bye then; bye bye
to shout (in anger); to yell
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
daily wages; payment by the day
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
evaluation period (software, new employee, etc.); trial period; probation period
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
wrong; different; not like that
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
leftovers; remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
at first; in the beginning; originally
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii); king oyster mushroom
common mushroom (Agaricus bisporus); white mushroom
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)