cost-cutting; cost reduction
poor; poverty-stricken; destitute
housing facility; detention facility; internment camp; prisoner-of-war camp; concentration camp; refugee camp
clearing one's throat; cough
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
stealing a ride; stolen ride
sticky note; tag; slip; label; Post-it note
plaything; playing (with a toy); gambling; activity using hand-gestures (esp. playing games or singing songs)
full charge (battery, condenser)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
good; goodness; right; virtue
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties
to throw up; to vomit; to spew
to knead well; to polish; to refine
contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
Genbun era (1736.4.28-1741.2.27)
carelessness; clumsiness; blunder; mistake; being no good at drinking and entertaining
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
shipping charges; transportation expenses
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
feces; excrement; number two
having no wife; being single; being unmarried; unmarried man
crab louse (Pthirus pubis); crab lice; pubic louse; pubic lice
fee charged at a public bath