moist rice cracker; rice cracker covered in a soy-based sauce
Sarukanigassen (folktale); The Monkey and the Crab
exit (for disembarking passengers)
one's habitual seat; regular hall; entertainment hall
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations
insect bite; bug bite; sting
to increase (all the more)
cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup
to think something over and over; to rack one's brains; to be at a loss
melancholy air; anxious look; traces of sorrow; gloom
history of one's love affairs
all-time low (price, in trading); record low; new low
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
entrance (for passengers at a train station); passenger door (on a train, bus, etc.)
the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)
to warm oneself at the fire
to make a person sweat for it
native rock; natural rock
rowdy fellow; tough; bully; ruffian
fleshing out (e.g. a plan); giving substance (to); modeling; modelling
to come to nothing; to be wasted; to fall through; to end without result
wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping
desperation; self-abandonment
stop (on a train's route)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
lack of individuality or personality
house where the family is out
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug