Iomante; Ainu ceremony in which a brown bear is raised for two years and then sacrificed
diurnality; daytime activity; diurnal
wall newspaper; wall poster
brewery (sake, soy); brewer; (arch.) warehouse overseer
pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
nightcap; a drink before sleeping
drawing and manual arts (school subject)
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
display and sale of new products
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
tens of thousands of years
someone who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
sex fiend; lecher; pervert
to publish a book; to put out a book
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
no sleep or rest; working day and night
a great variety of; diversity