stick figure; stick person
strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
purse; change purse; wallet
man who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her; supernatural wolf stalking humans in the woods
roundabout road; curving road
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
traditional Japanese meal brought in courses; tea-ceremony dishes
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
partly open; in half bloom
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
erhua (rhotacization of syllable finals in spoken Mandarin); erization
rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
meat shop; butcher's shop
doughnut filled with red bean paste
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
an assortment; combination
variety of court dance (Nara period)
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
to come in (of light); to shine in; to stream in; to pour in