ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
jumble; hodgepodge; potpourri; heterogenous mixture
to meet with a crushing defeat
huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria)
simplified version; abridged edition
gyrating (rotating) movement
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)
anti-war argument; pacifism
firing in rapid succession; volley of shots
if possible; if circumstances allow
to suck on; to cling to; to chew on
impertinent; impudent; saucy; cheeky
a sentence; one sentence; (short) piece of writing
shuttle transportation; shuttling back and forth
to cover up; to hush up; to shroud in darkness; to have a secret abortion
left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
place of (new) post; (new) place of appointment
straw post for training sword strikes, karate punches and arrow hits
decrease in appetite; loss of appetite
writer of children's stories
to accumulate merit; to make merit
the current ...; this; today's ...