happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante
complete metamorphosis; holometabolism
dilettantish business; amateurish business
session (of a legislature)
shrine enshrining several gods
street gossips and idle rumors
to overlook; to ignore; to pass over
Barnum effect; Forer effect
Mary Celeste (famous British ship found in 1872 without crew or passengers); archetypal ghost ship; unmanned ship
Well done!; Great!; Bravo!
My Neighbor Totoro (film)
Antarctic Circle; the Antarctic
shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
triangular position; three-cornered contest
being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime
Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
flattery; sycophancy; adulation
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
young woman who uses the first person pronoun "boku"
short short (story); flash fiction
coffee time; tea time; coffee break
mnemonics; art of memorizing; mnemonic device
the reverse; other side; lining
feudal system of the shogunate and domains
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
expert (technical) knowledge; expertise
short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect