total fire ban; no source of ignition permitted; no open flame; flammables!
bento; Japanese box lunch
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
simple chicken and rice stir fry dish (usu. flavoured with ketchup or tomato puree)
long ago; a long time ago; already
homemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
never ceasing; never ending; endless
anchorage (area); moorage; roadstead
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck
isolation; being alone; being friendless
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
wyvern (two-legged dragon); wivern
wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
shout of victory; cry of triumph
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
superiority; predominance
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards