to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
deadly serious; deadly earnest
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
to complain about; to grumble; to make an excuse for
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
haberdashery; sundries store
six (long cylindrical things)
storefront; front of a store
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
faded color; faded colour; antique look
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
very; much; greatly; a lot of
solidarity; joint; collective
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
old building; older building
bill strap; currency strap; currency band; wrapper band; newspaper band
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
system; institution; organization; organisation
dependent on one's parents
as usual; as is one's habit
chief; leader; head; executive
directions; instructions; orders; command
handbook; manual; compendium
double; twice (as much); twofold