government worker; public servant; civil servant
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
particularly; only; in the case of
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup
chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer
match (to light fire with)
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
fluttering (cloth, paper, etc.); waving; small fluttering object
as if nothing had happened
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
wetting; love affair; lover
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
meditation; contemplation
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)