fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
kabuki; traditional form of drama and music performed by male actors wearing makeup mainly in white and red
deep-frying; deep-fried food; abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
with a collapse; with a slump
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
telecommunications equipment; communication device
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
end; close; conclusion; termination
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
to kill; to choke the life out of
volunteer activities; volunteerism
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
to lead a life; to live a life
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person; hobo; bum
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
teatime; tea break; coffee break
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
Zipangu (the name for Japan used by Marco Polo)
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
El Dorado; land of gold; city of gold
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring