starch glue; starch paste
cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
raw materials; ingredients
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
low-priced; cheap; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
boring; dull; uninteresting
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
making efficient; optimization
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
general public; the masses
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
outline; summary; argument
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
temporary sewing; basting
waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch); pant rise
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
cutting (cloth, paper, etc.); judgement; judgment; decision
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
to fold in; to tuck in; to insert (e.g. a flyer in a newspaper); (fig.) to factor in (news, risk, outcome, etc.)
to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to trim (a tree, shrub, etc.); to punch (a ticket)
tuck at the shoulder (of a child's clothes); shoulder tuck
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
deep-frying; deep-fried food; abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
departure time; starting time
special training; intensive training; crash course
literal translation; direct translation
parody (of a song); new lyrics to an old melody; song parody
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy