Crazy Horse; Tashunca-Uitco
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
barbarian territory; barbarous land; uncivilized land (uncivilised)
sweet adzuki bean paste made of a mixture of mashed and whole beans
Watari Tetsuya (1941.12-)
gloomy and depressing; mournful
economical; economy size; family size (esp. of packaged food)
Vienna sausage; wiener; frankfurter
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
death in battle; death on the battlefield
to cover (with something)
household expenses; residence expenses; housing expenses
premature joy; short-lived elation
Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; (lit.) take it away, thief
midterm election; interim election
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
lucky seventh (inning); seventh-inning stretch
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
tumbler; self-righting doll
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
to explain; to dispel doubts
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
super hero belt; transformation belt
not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; (lit.) falling seven times, getting up eight times; the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life
very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
rust-proofing; anti-corrosive
Moomin (troll characters in Tove Jansson's series of books)