comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
short joke; quick one-liner; one-shot joke
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
Tyrannosaurus rex; T. rex; tyrannosaurus
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance
to be tired of looking at
to be a matter of life or death
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
household economy; family finances
tiger pattern; striped (like a tiger)
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
dropout; quitter; deserter
championship; title (of champion)
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
price reduction; discount
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
air freshener; fragrance; aromatic
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den