head; brains; intellect; understanding
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
deceiving; cheating; fooling
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
to get help; to enlist aid
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
distinctive; characteristic
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
modesty; humility; being humble
something wrapped in a furoshiki
antiques; old works of art
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to pay one's bill; to settle one's account
Naporitan; Napolitan; Japanese spaghetti dish made with ketchup
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
take the opportunity to (do something else)
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
deduction in advance (of tax, interest, etc.)
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
to chase; to run after; to pursue
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
without hesitation; frankly (esp. speaking); bluntly; cutting (forcefully, directly); piercingly
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...