butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption; first offering of the season
activation (e.g. of network accounts, etc.)
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
great talents mature late
inattention; distraction; mind-wandering
closely; compactly; leaving no space
Rubik's Cube; Erno Rubik's Magic Cube
community door-to-door campaign; search operation; cleaning campaign carried out thoroughly over an area
to result in death; to lead to death; to be linked with death
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
totally unexpected result; stunning upset
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising)
false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
stimulant; stimulative; excitant
pricking; stinging; tingling
what street? (esp. in Kyoto and Sapporo); what article? (in a law); (arch.) how can?; (arch.) cannot possibly
God only knows what may happen
plant and equipment; production equipment; productive capacity
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
still better; even better
to fall down with a "plop"
Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)