faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus); rhebok; reebok; rhebuck
full-body bath; full-body bathing
having furigana on all kanji in a document
wrapping paper for a present; gift wrapping paper; wrapping paper with a noshi decoration printed on it
along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; (lit.) a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back
Yagiri No Watashi (ferry that has been taking passengers across the Edo river for nearly 400 years)
one's personal opinion or views
one's own thoughts or opinion
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
street gossips and idle rumors
person who is ignorant outside his field
incidental (collateral) condition
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
collecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionism
Segway (motorized personal vehicle)
to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in
intropunitive; tending to blame oneself (rather than others)
mini patrol car; small police car
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
(short) run; drive; ride; spin
the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance
working generation; people still working
sticker for new car drivers
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to have the honour of being present (at a meeting, etc.); to have the honour of being a member (of a society, etc.); (lit.) to soil the lowest seat by one's presence