growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to concern; to be related
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
considerably; greatly; a lot
even though; despite; when
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
calamity; disaster; misfortune
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
race (of people); type of person
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
in this manner; in this way; like this
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to amuse oneself; to make merry
one eye; one of one's eyes