wasting one's breath (trying to explain something); (lit.) (reading) the Analects of Confucius to a dog
Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses)
Numbers (book of the Bible)
Morse code (esp. the code)
Leviticus (book of the Bible)
Deuteronomy (book of the Bible)
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
public indecency; indecent exposure
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
overcast sky in the rainy season
nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch
since that time; since then; from that point (on)
combination microwave and (gas or electric bar) oven
at very frequent intervals; almost every other day; constantly
to lift; to turn over; to fold over
risk aversion; risk reduction
laugh line; smile line; nasolabial fold
war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryo system); (arch.) forced labor
good-natured; of good character
to attract; to be used to
elastic; elastic cord; elastic band
extremity; end; bound; limit
shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish
to take a veneer off something
purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
disturbance of sleep; nuisance in the middle of the night
much-discussed work (book, film, etc.)
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment