coming-of-age ceremony for middle school students
hinged bamboo water cup or trough, which makes a percussive sound periodically as it tips over
fun goods; joke products; novelty items
food tray (used in the food industry)
longish; moderately long; long side (of timber, etc.); (arch.) long road
acting up to one's principles
heterochromia iridis; eyes differing in colour (color)
training and accommodation institution for young men
floor broker (stock exchange); floor trader; boardman
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
creative power; genius; creative originality
without money; no need for money
customer (who visits an establishment in person); in-store customer; visitor
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
two-storey house; two-story house
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
which is which; one or the other
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
devotion to one's family; fondness for one's family
day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur
before and after (e.g. photos)
having sociable manners; sociable
rupa (form); visible objects (i.e. color and form)
(arch.) to grow; (arch.) to spring up; to cut (teeth)
stand-up work; work performed standing