to have as a side order (with drinks); to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense
recruitment advertisement
The Flea Waltz (piano piece); Der Flohwalzer; Chopsticks (UK)
Momotarou (legendary Japanese folk-tale hero)
artist's studio; workshop; studio; atelier
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child
employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job
everyone has a past; every person has their own history
seasonal goods; seasonal items; item of short-lived interest; faddish product; ephemeral work
to inspect; to examine; to check; to elapse; to pass (time)
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters)
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
vigorously (burning); furiously; fiercely
seat (of chair, bench, etc.); seat base
Yama; judge of the afterlife
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
to know (a person); to think
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
natural drugs; natural remedy; herbal medicine; crude drugs; galenical
drunkard; heavy drinker; boozer
cutting in line; queue jumping
worst-ever; history's worst
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
free translation; liberal translation
children's song; nursery rhyme
what's that?; what the...
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
in the meantime; meanwhile
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
natural span of life; 250 years old
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured