mumps; epidemic parotitis
five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes; five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); (fig.) the five periods of the Buddha's teachings
April Fools' Day; April fool
paper tape; paper streamer
one who knows little often repeats it
udon with deep-fried tofu
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
I told you so; you see that?
burnable garbage; burnable waste
mania; enthusiasm; maniac; enthusiast; nut
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
unfair practices; wrongdoing; malpractice; cheating; foul play
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
picking up trash; collecting garbage
overlapping; piling; stacking
chatter mark (machine tools)
face with no make-up; sobriety
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
a little; a bit; slightly
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person