to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
ridiculously good reception; being extremely well-received
mailman; postman; mail carrier; post carrier
wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
to total; to sum; to kill (fish, poultry, etc.)
Italian food; Italian cooking
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
party game in which a randomly selected king issues orders to other players
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
toilet; lavatory; powder room
quarrel; trouble; dispute
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
joke; playfulness; kidding around
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity