penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
oleaster (any plant of genus Elaeagnus); silverberry
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
eye mucus; eye discharge; sleep
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
castration; neutering; gelding; enervation; emasculation; taming
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening); evening shower
cat hater; dislike of cats
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
disliking people similar to oneself
weather-beaten; bleached skull
ability to think up names; knack for naming things
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
after that (a substantive change occurred)
to seize; to grab; to collar
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
Felidae (family comprising the cats)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to slap; to strike; to spank
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
death during sexual intercourse
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign