memory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the other
to throw down the drain; to waste
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
different meaning; different opinion
mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college
words read by the priest in a Shinto purification rite
elaborate but slow execution; polished but slow work
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up
to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened
centrifuge; centrifugal machine
to trample flat; to beat a path
green calabash; unripe gourd; scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person
Western affectations; excessively westernized person; wannabe Westerner
scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
seal over the edges of adjacent sheets; tally impression
amicable settlement; settling the case leaving no parties dissatisfied
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
not worth doing; waste of effort
to make (someone) do; to allow (someone) to; to let; to allow; to be permitted to; to do; (arch.) swidden
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.); openwork (engraving, carving, etc.)
undigested (food); unfulfilled (orders); unused (funds)
at some point in the past; at some stage
to lay aside; to set aside