jimble (Carybdea rastoni)
domestic handicraft industry
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
made-to-order; custom-made
triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)
to demonstrate (e.g. in the streets)
food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)
land shark; land speculator
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
fund-raising; fund collecting
national railway; Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
kickoff party; rally; pep party
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking; raising the ground level (with fill)
to become bright; to become clear
great trouble; difficulty
good bye; I'm off; see you later
this occasion; at this time; now
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
ex-husband; former husband
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
how many months?; how long?
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)