traditional Japanese band of sandwich board advertisers
to scrape off; to shave off
to fall out and be replaced; to shed; to moult (molt)
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
person (esp. child) who watches a lot of TV
street where many shops and businesses are closed (e.g. due to an economic slump)
Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass)
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
seedlessness; seedless fruit; lacking the material needed to do something
local program; local programme
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
lifting a girl's skirt; flipping up a skirt
decently; gracefully; plausibly; politely; tactfully; discreetly
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
Battlestar Galactica (fictional spacecraft)
opposite player; opposite side; (person) directly opposite
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
parting in tears; tearful parting; coming to grief; having to take a different tack; going separate ways
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
loitering at night (between 11pm and 4am); late-night prowling
nasal congestion; nose being clogged up
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
Madadayo!(No, Not Yet!) (film)
to be out of focus; to be off the point (e.g. of a plan); to have not got the point