red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
bracken-starch dumpling; type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch
(office) building for rent
to extort; to shake down (for money)
hairpiece; hair filler; artificial hair; wig
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
interest; (investment) yield; profits
rat guard; disk of wood on storehouse pillars, ropes, etc.
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
guinea pig (any of five guinea pig species, esp. Cavia porcellus)
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
all sorts of; various; miscellaneous; motley
manner of walking; horse gait
printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; book or document that is factual in nature
negative film (as opposed to positive or reversal film); negative
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
phytoncide (anti-microbial compound derived from plants)
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats
Chinese prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum bungeanum); Sichuan pepper (spice); Szechuan peppercorn
S-wave (e.g. of earthquake); secondary wave
(husband and wife) earning a living together
to go on waiting only to be disappointed; to wait in vain
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
tieless; not wearing a tie; open-necked