confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
operating a cash register
spare player; substitute; sub; benchwarmer
mustard paste; English mustard
student who is trying to get into their preferred college while already enrolled at another college
love affair; romance; love scene (in kabuki)
what is it?; what's the matter?; I wonder
worthless book; meritless book
old capital; former capital
tottering; staggering; reeling
cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game)
Special Weapons and Tactics; SWAT
exhibition of rare (old, antiquarian) books
heavily laden (of a branch); sagging; drooping; bent low
trick playing (on a stringed instrument)
innocent; pure; naive; unsophisticated
good (place to leave off); convenient
greatest hits album; best of album
workout (physical exercise); workout (management method)
feces contained long in the intestines; fecal stasis; coprostasis
branchial respiration (breathing using gills)
sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival
deep fried fish bones (snack food)
unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious
base of the tongue; root of the tongue
stopping at; going no further than
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
crucial point; perfect chance; golden opportunity
Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki