explosion; rupture; break off
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
illustrated diary; picture diary
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
contrary to one's expectations
athletic-style shirt; running vest
light brown; golden brown; tan
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
low table; table with very short legs
a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved; I've got something to ask you
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
genuine; authentic; true; pure
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
if you do this; if this is the case
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
all over Japan; throughout Japan
Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes); killifish; Japanese medaka
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
a little; a bit; slightly
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
this and that; one thing or another
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)