Asahara Shōkō (1955.3.2-2018.7.6)
multi-level marketing; MLM; network marketing; pyramid selling
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
cash payment; paying in cash
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
insert (in a magazine, newspaper, etc.); foldout; insertion
taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)
hives; nettle rash; urticaria
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
new town (esp. planned satellite towns of Osaka Prefecture); new housing development
legal guardians' association; parents' association (at a school); parent-teacher's meeting
teacher; previous ruler; previous lord; lord of the previous generation
direct; in person; frankness; night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory)
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
experiments using animals; in-vivo testing; animal testing
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
authorized architect and builder; licensed architect; registered architect
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
extra effort; one small touch; small twist
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
brand items; brand-name goods
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar