ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
handicraft; industrial art object
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
tremendous snowfall; heavy snow
money-making; earning money
hateful; detestable; loathsome
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
and; thereupon; because of that
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
to bail out (water); to scoop out
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
to round up; to gather; to muster; to mobilize; to mobilise
good-natured; kind; good-quality
dietary supplement (for sports); energy supplement; nutritional supplement
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
main ingredient; main component
packed meal; packed food; packed lunch; bag lunch
impertinent; impudent; cheeky
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
the first and second; a few
to form a pair; to pair up
tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)
gale; violent (strong) wind
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to manipulate puppets; to pull wires
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
writing (e.g. as a profession)
security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom