to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
votive picture (originally of horse)
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
large income earner; people in the higher income brackets
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)
pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
spring day; spring sunlight
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
pigtails; two plaits hanging about one's shoulders; two plaits hanging down one's back; queue
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk