going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)
to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp
scattering; sprinkling; shaking
face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)
miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs; child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person
area around the Hachikō statue at Shibuya Station in Tokyo (popular meeting point)
whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to fall flat; to fall face down
background image; static image
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
overlap; duplication; doubling
kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes
prematurely gray hair; prematurely grey hair
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
to be extremely dangerous
to slide down; to slip down
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
something (equipped) with legs; sole of foot; one's manner of walking
one who knows little often repeats it
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
spray of snow (smoke-like)
don't talk nonsense; (lit.) sleep talk after you go to sleep
vertical shaking (of an earthquake); pitching (of a boat, aircraft, etc.)