trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
(free) sample; promotional gift
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
blowgun; blowpipe; (blowgun) dart
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
performing arts; acrobatics
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
sickle and chain (weapon)
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
check; restraint; oppression; repression
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
ladies' bicycle (esp. one with a front basket); granny bike
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
pursuing liability; finding out who is at fault; trying to pin the blame on someone
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)