having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
crawl (swimming); front crawl; forward crawl; web crawling
savior; saviour; rescuer; the Savior; the Saviour
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
paper-thin wafer (for wrapping powdered medicine, candies, etc.)
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
express; special delivery
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
carriage; movement (of the body)
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
very popular; highly favoured
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
(not) merely; (not) simply
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
to blaze; to burn brightly
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
in this way; along these lines; similarly
constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting
giant tsunami; giant tidal wave
beginning (of a century, etc.)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
totally willing; fully motivated
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
superalloy; Chogokin; line of die-cast metal robot and character toys sold by Popy
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...