carrying out mercenary deeds; having a mercenary attitude; calculating
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
spending a day's revenue within the day; being liberal with one's money
to be robbed of one's due; (lit.) to have one's fried tofu snatched by a black kite
scattering bait to attract fish; bait for scattering
head (of cabbage, lettuce, etc.); forming a head; coming to a head
good for nothing (of large people); big but useless
weeding (prior to tree-planting)
Deadheading (aeronautics)
a born fool is never cured; (lit.) there is no medicine for fools
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
stupid person; slow-witted person
symbol color; symbol colour
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
spur of the moment; mere chance
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
downhill grade; downgrade
thing; person; situation; fox
extremely good friends; best friends
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
soupy; containing more broth or sauce than usual (of gyudon, etc.)
laugh and grow fat; (lit.) good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
slim figure; lean figure; weight reduction
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
to engage in prostitution