to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
peace; tranquility; tranquillity
blond hair ("kinpatsu" read backwards)
consumer financing firm; loan shark
workshop; training course
numbskull; dimwit; idiot; fool; dope
wasteful person; spendthrift
puzzle ring; wire puzzle; exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
all varieties of flowers; many flowers
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
scale; bathroom scale; weighing machine
holding on to; sticking to
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)
to make trouble; to break down; to be out of order
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
stupid girl; stupid woman
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
10,000,000,000; ten billion
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
businessman; industrialist
stop bullshitting me; you're fucking kidding me; you're full of shit