strumming; thrumming; plunking; plonking
net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe
run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
cee-lo (dice gambling game)
that's gross!; disgusting!
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
imitating; copying; mimicking
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
to forebode; to have a presentiment
harsh criticism; something worthless or of little value
disputed territory; conflict area
polish (jewels); cultivation
to break down; to collapse; to fall apart
polish (jewels); cultivation
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
bowing while pressing three fingers of each hand on floor
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
great depth; bottomless; great height
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
jealousy; roasted rice cake
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl
surrender (fall) of a castle
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
hyperventilation; overbreathing; hyperpnea; overventilation
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child