(Chinese) jump rope; jumping over a fixed elastic rope
teacher; previous ruler; previous lord; lord of the previous generation
one has no other choice but to do what one has to do
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; fruiteress
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter
without thinking of the consequences
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
to put someone to work; to make someone work
exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
chastity; virtue; fidelity
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
tattling; telling on (someone)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets