adult child; adult children; adult person psychologically traumatized from being raised in an abusive or dysfunctional family (e.g. by alcoholic parents)
Fragile; Handle With Care
lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient
to feel the heat; to suffer from the heat; to complain of the heat; to swelter
pile; stilt; column; building raised on columns
(wearing) a loincloth alone; nothing but a loincloth
to be knocked out; to be overwhelmed; to be flabbergasted; to be thrown for a loop
pistil (of a flower); stamen
encumbrance; burden; drag
Public Employment Security Office
kanji "water" radical (radical 85)
poke (Hawaiian raw-fish salad)
as if it weren't already enough
five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
effectiveness of a drug; efficacy of a drug
quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake
temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap
cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)
finishing kindergarten; graduating from kindergarten
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
periodic inspection; regular inspection
burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour
piroshki (Russian pierogi; meat and eggs, etc. baked in bread)