vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
to vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner
shoji (paper sliding door)
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
moisture; humidity; dampness
poly-; polyethylene; polyphony (of an electronic keyboard, etc.); police; police officer
restive horse; runaway horse; out of control horse
plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot
settling down; quieting down; cooling down; stillness; quiet; tranquility
washing machine; (clothes) washer
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
just you wait and see (as a threat)
cross between a mallard and domestic duck
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
Dow Jones Industrial Average
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
late at night; at a late hour
investigation; research; looking something up
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
amount of sugar; sugar content
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)