to switch off; to turn off
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
absolute authority or power (over someone or something)
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
personal affair; one's own affair
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
attendance; participation; presence
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies
three kinds; three varieties
coronation ceremony; enthronement
world state; world federation
ethnically homogeneous nation; racially homogeneous nation
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
swindler; imposter; crook
sex establishment in which staff dress in costumes (schoolgirl, nurse, etc.)
to push aside; to push one's way through
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
fully prepared; all ready
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)