poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
booby (esp. the brown booby, Sula leucogaster); gannet
being on stage without respite; performing continuously; staying out the entire time; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to focus on particular aspects of things
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
major disaster (that necessitates economic support to its victims); serious disaster; catastrophe
bitter melon stir-fried with pork, tofu and other vegetables
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
relevant source; well-informed source; interested parties
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
Pearce; Peirce; Peerce; Pierce
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman; quarrel over something trivial; storm in a teacup; quarrel between two samurai due to an (accidental) clash of sheaths while crossing paths
board games, card games etc. (played without a computer)
advertising material; promotional material; propaganda material
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
suggestive; pregnant (e.g. pregnant pause)
rocks glass; Old Fashioned glass; lowball glass
Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)
glossy black (hair); (lit.) color of a crow with wet feathers
ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets
as a child; when one was a child
report of (one's) research; research paper
flat chest; small breasts