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overly optimistic; misjudged; underestimated
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
hook (high point of a song); chorus
supercompensation; overcompensation
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to draw back; to leave (the area)
crash; kurash (wrestling)
to revere; to respect; to worship
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity