to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
Sarukanigassen (folktale); The Monkey and the Crab
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
back country; remote countryside
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
tradition; legend; folklore
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
general; popular; common; typical
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani)
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
proper; respectable; decent; honest
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)