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
worthless book; meritless book
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)
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)
base of the tongue; root of the tongue
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
unused item; never-used item
friendly relations; social relations; social life
waist-robe; pleated lower garment
sex; sexual intercourse; sound of bed creaking and woman moaning
not worth (getting angry about, etc.)
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
mutual financing association
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than