wearing light clothes for the sake of fashion
deviation-value-oriented education; education focused on test results; education that stresses studying and passing exams to raise one's ranking; academic cramming
setting aside; leaving to one side
big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing
aquatic animal; aquatic fauna
mark indicating that the order of the adjacent characters is to be reversed (for reading kanbun in Japanese word order); check mark; tick mark
Japanese bondage torture (hands and feet are behind the victim's back, and they are hanged from the ceiling with a rock on their back)
no liking for; no interest in
playing in the mud; playing with mud
full acceptance of workers' pay demands
poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing
seemingly good but ultimately stupid idea
dependent on one's parents
living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation
street gossips and idle rumors
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) (Organisation)
shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
witness protection program; witness protection programme
supermoon; full moon or new moon occurring while the Moon is closest to Earth
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
susceptible; vulnerable; prone (to)
both arguments (theories)
to go into the minutest details
(lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)
safety myth; myth that something is completely safe (e.g. nuclear plant); safety dogma
change over the years; aging; ageing; secular change
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
dish of rice and miso soup or dried bonito flakes; (lit.) cat food
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone