namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
considerably; fairly; quite
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
to be needed; to be wanted
present; gift; to give a present or gift
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
middle of the night; dead of night
reason; cause; history; origin
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
really; truly; indeed; good grief
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
society; the world; the times
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
person concerned; interested party; related party
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
bedside; near one's pillow
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award