windy; windswept; receive harsh treatment
on the attack; on the offensive
baby spotted turtle; immature Japanese pond turtle; young Japanese terrapin
hairstyle; shape of one's head; fish served whole
deadly serious; deadly earnest
silkworm (in the first or second instar)
optical communications line; optical network
DUMBO, acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City
please share (this); please help spread; retweets welcome
typographical error; typo
pince-nez glasses; pince-nez; nose glasses; Groucho glasses
opening; beginning; commencement
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship
local public body; local government
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
poor business performance; economic slump
University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
me, me, me; egotistic; ego-driven
D-pad (directional keypad on a video game game controller, remote control, etc.)
swift-footed; light-footed
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
hands-free (e.g. telephone)
athlete's oath of fair play