boiling sake or mirin (to reduce the alcohol content); boiled-down sake; boiled-down mirin
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
Higashino Keigo (1958.2.4-)
innate cheerfulness; innately cheerful person; happy-go-lucky person; natural optimist
detention (and use as forced labor) of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia after World War II
too many to count; too numerous to mention
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
being fully occupied (of a parking lot)
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
counting song; enumerative form (of waka)
Achilles heel; one's weak point; shin
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
sweetness and bitterness; joys and sorrows
uncanny valley (hypothesis about humanoid robots)
explicit; clear; unambiguous; meaningful; lively
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
indiscriminate reading; unsystematic reading; desultory reading; reading at random
epic film; big-budget movie
to write down; to note; to remember
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
one's characteristics as a writer; characteristics of a creator
to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out
refreshing rain once in ten days
second week's memorial services
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain
to have training bouts with one's junior during practice (of a senior wrestler)
good (place to leave off); convenient
den; wild animal dwelling; den (e.g. of thieves); hiding place; den; small snug room
bursting at the seams; bulging