having no effect; waste of effort
drinking everything (in one's glass, etc.)
to have a talented child despite being untalented; a black hen lays a white egg; (lit.) a kite gives birth to a hawk
similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain
waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch); pant rise
clanging (of a hammer); clanking; chinking
(professional) keirin cyclist
frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
it's (so cheap it's) a steal!; (lit.) take it away, thief
patagium (vertebrate flying or gliding membrane)
frowning on; looking on with scorn; showing disapproval
home theater; home cinema
leaving all your textbooks, etc., at school
being unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
length of a sleeve (of Western clothing); height of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
attached or belonging to a house
toxic parent; parent who interferes excessively in their children's lives
lightly and nimbly; with agility
clumsy with one's hands; all thumbs
wild rocambole (edible plant, Allium grayi)
famous mineral water; famous spring; famous river