The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)
mid-sized store; middle-class brothel (in a red-light district)
body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)
bureau; chest of drawers; cabinet
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
underdevelopment; incomplete development; aplasia; hypoplasia; infantilism
row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i"
dhole (Cuon alpinus); red wolf (Canis rufus)
lifting (a child) high up in the air
waist bag; belt bag; fanny pack; bum bag
average year; normal year
to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
overcast sky in the rainy season
non-recoverable; unrecoverable; irreparable; irreversible; irretrievable
treating (someone) like they are air; ignoring (someone)
Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
core (of planets, stars, galaxies, etc.); nucleus (of comets, galaxies, etc.)
to get change back; to be more than enough
covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head
to breathe hard; to pant; to be out of breath
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
since that time; since then; from that point (on)
training wear; sportswear; activewear; tracksuit
identical (of twins); monozygotic; unioval; uniovular
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
to be in common; to have in common; to be in mutually understood; to be mutually connected; to have a link
spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
training; practice; practising; cultivation
the whole year; all the year