locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
to escape death; to be saved from death
(indoor) observation deck; observation room; observatory
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
open every day of the year
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
dullard; indecisive person
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
particularly; only; in the case of
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
place to die; place of death
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
force (bulldoze) one's way through
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
charred; burnt black; scorched black
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
personal combat; one-to-one fight