sudden change; complete change
divining sticks; counting; calculation
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
club that has suspended its activities; not attending one's club
just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)
stage fright; social anxiety disorder; social phobia
to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water
voice training; vocal exercises
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
dramatic role for child; child actor
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo
thousand years; many years
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to put someone to work; to make someone work
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to raise one's voice; to shout
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game