Asama-Sanso incident (hostage crisis and police siege; February 1972)
heart pounding; chest tightening
vaginismus; vaginal spasm
flooding a company, organization etc. with phone complaints (usu. loosely organized on anonymous online message boards)
carrying a disease-causing agent; carrying a pathogen
bald mountain; denuded mountain; bare hill; treeless hill
ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally
soupy; containing more broth or sauce than usual (of gyudon, etc.)
to join in; to have a share in; to get in on the act
virgin birth (esp. the Virgin Birth of Jesus)
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
peeping at (without permission)
just right; ideal; perfectly suitable; fetch!; bring me ...
to fall behind the times; to miss out (on an opportunity); to miss the boat; (lit.) to miss the bus
retort; back talk; backchat
controlled society; regulated society
apartment wife (esp. one who spends a lot of time alone while her husband is at work)
paper width; allotted number of pages (e.g. for article in magazine); assigned space; binding for calligraphy and paintings
taking one's lover to a hotel
fucking; screwing; having sex
demonstration; show of force
unusual clothing; strange way of dressing up; prohibited form of dress
tomboy; rebounding; recovery; repercussions; rashness; incautiousness
local production for local consumption
complete lie; outright lie
criminal's head on public display; displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head
to commit an act (or acts) of terrorism
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance