and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
going upstream; sailing against the current
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
this device; this machine; this appliance; this plane
radio waves, as sent out and received by people's minds
machine translation; automatic translation; MT
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
declaration of a state of emergency
male genitalia; male genital organs; penis
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
sweeping sideways; mowing down
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
sexual arousal; sexual excitation
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
stepping back; drawing back
to melt together; to blend together
Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
sealing hermetically; sealing (up)
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
gynophobia; fear of women
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger; (lit.) the ground hardens after it rains