casting pearls before swine; (lit.) (giving) a gold coin to a cat
twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight)
midsummer; (arch.) China; (arch.) capital (city)
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
irregular conjugation of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese)
somatic sensation; somesthesis
mountain trekking; hiking
to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once
being on the ropes; losing ground
irreligion; unbelief; atheism; atheist
thick glasses; (lit.) bottle bottom glasses
to be seen; to be in sight; to be able to see; to see; to be worth watching; to be worth seeing
low-spec; having nothing to compete with (on the dating scene); having nothing going for one; being a lost cause
red-ink stick; red and black
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
real talk; serious conversation
in low spirits; dejected; sad
look here; I'll tell you what
to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)
one's own bowling ball; control of the ball by one's own team (esp. basketball)