to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
(lit.) doughnut phenomenon; combination of urban sprawl and inner-city decay
thin udon noodles (served chilled)
English-Japanese translation
to make a typo; to type the wrong character
virgin birth (esp. the Virgin Birth of Jesus)
to live on air; to live on nothing; to live without a means of income
(in the) confusion (of the moment)
Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
no return (e.g. after buying something at an auction)
diligently; faithfully; without fail; without blundering
kissing in public (on the street)
fried dish seasoned with miso
conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace; unsociable; unfriendly; cold
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another
condemn the offense, but not the offender
just failed (by a small margin); not quite acceptable; just a bit too late
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
physical fight; IRL fight; real match (as opposed to a training match); no-holds-barred fight
intellectual property right
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
hot summer day; day on which the temperature reaches at least 25 degrees Celsius
no photographs; no photography
going to school in groups