grave maintenance; grave keeper
to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; (lit.) to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
local anesthesia; local anaesthesia; local anaesthetic; local anesthetic
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
vertical stripes; striped fabric
sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
to forcefully open up a hole (in a wall, etc.); to speak frankly, holding nothing back; to throw out (everything inside)
secondary taro corm; daughter taro corm; taro cormel; taro bud
as eternal as heaven and earth
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
cosmopolitan (international) way of thinking; feeling for the wider world
to blow harder and harder
migrant worker; economic nomad
patriarch; patriarchal; patriarchic
marriage where the couple live apart and occasionally visit each other
lubriciousness; lust; wantonness; lasciviousness; lechery; lewdness
field cap (used by Japanese troops in WWII)
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
result of one's blood, sweat, and tears; fruits of one's labour
same cloth; spare cloth (e.g. for patching)
widow's peak; hairline that grows to a point in the middle of the forehead
piece of wood at front edge of entranceway floor; agarikamachi
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
tide pool; rocky place where sea water remains after the tide draws out
professional gambler; gamester
deeply indented coastline; rias coastline
New Year's sake; spiced sake
fixed shore net; fixed shore trap; stationary trap; stationary net
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
ever-victorious; many successful campaigns; invincibility
glib tongue; eloquence or flattery designed to deceive