white-handed gibbon; lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)
Araki Hirohiko (1960.6.7-)
bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
common people; ordinary people; masses
enlarged and revised edition
Indian elephant (Elephas maximus); Asian elephant
pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)
ugliness; shame; disgrace
Peking man (Homo erectus pekinensis)
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
becoming the objective; setting as a goal
mercurochrome; merbromin solution
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
tax included (e.g. price); before tax (e.g. salary)
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; maggots in faeces (feces)
strongly; keenly; vividly; sincerely; urgently
never ceasing; never ending; endless
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
hardcase; case with hard shell
over the fence (e.g. looking, conducting a conversation); back-fence
what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to expend money; to spend money
air guitar (imaginary instrument used when pretending to play the guitar)
contrastive conjunction (but, however, etc.); contradictory conjunction
intellectual property right
men's basketball; boys' basketball
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
thickly painted; thickly lacquered; impasto
to stare back (at); to glare back
entrance examination for selected candidates (who have been recommended to the university)
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian