wet nurse; nursing mother
rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)
being crazy about something, but not be good at it
festival merrymaking; revelry
attraction to ugly people
erroneous entry; misentry; slip of the pen; writing down wrongly (a sum, etc.)
employer's house; master's house
shallow cunning; shallow cleverness
total denial; complete denial; denying totally (flatly, outright)
selective system; system that offers choices
to dry up completely; to become stale
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
chemical symbol (e.g. H for hydrogen); element symbol
The Phantom of the Opera (musical, novel, film, etc.)
scoreless (game or competition)
acceptee; accepted candidate; person who has passed (e.g. a test); passer-by; transiter
underline; side line (equivalent to underlining in vertically written text)
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
perseverance makes one stronger; slow but steady wins the race
rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
to be touching; to be moving
gravitational acceleration; acceleration of gravity
one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster
to translate; to interpret