praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
seamless; seamless stockings
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
a find; windfall; bargain
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
tradition; legend; folklore
very; much; greatly; a lot of
social meeting place; watering hole
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
genuine product; official product; accessory product from the manufacturer of the main product
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
lack of virtue; immorality; vice; depravity; unworthiness
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
to wash again; to reconsider
water filter; water purification system
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving