blue-ringed octopus (esp. the blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata)
girl; baby girl; schoolgirl; girl pupil
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
to have a reason; to have an excuse
hostility; antagonism; opposition
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
reply; response; -less; sexless (relationship); loess
sickle and chain (weapon)
weight (for scales); counterweight
five-second rule (food hygiene myth); five-second rule (in basketball)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
with a sudden rush; in a mad rush; all at once
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
human toilet; promiscuous woman
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
to be plump; to be chubby
womanly; feminine; womanish; effeminate
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
womanly; ladylike; feminine
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; closure
weak point (to take advantage of); weakness; object; aim; thing to look at
(Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again