cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
bacterium; bacteria; germ
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to be surprised; to be astonished
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
furnishings; implements; equipment
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to prostrate oneself before
Funassyi; unofficial mascot character representing the city of Funabashi, Chiba
(positive) economic effect
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to reorganize; to rearrange; to put (things) in order
door; gate; opening; title page
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful