five-day workweek system; five-day school-week; having two days off in at least one week of a month
Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves
salted cod roe flavored with red pepper
Genovese (sauce); Genoan; Genoese; Genovese
Cryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)
Guri and Gura (children's book series)
robust cicada (Oncotympana maculaticollis); mingming cicada
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
restlessly; restively; agitated; fidgety
-like; resembling; similar to
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
12th anniversary of one's death
one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. integrifolia); mustard greens
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
dying of cuteness; dying from seeing something that makes one's heart go pitter-patter
sixth anniversary of a death
motor scooter; moped; motorized bicycle
mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album); parasitic plant
compliments; civilities; hospitality; special treatment; bill (at a restaurant); check
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables); highest-ranking division; intermission (between acts); interlude
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha; related; relevant
heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
domination of the world; world hegemony; world domination
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
pickled vegetables; pickles