ninth day of the month; nine days
electrically powered; electric
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness
pain of love; love troubles
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
a little; a bit; slightly
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis); yellow-spotted pit viper
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
black joke; black comedy; morbid humor
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
even if ...; even supposing that ...
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance