mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
means of transportation; transport service
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
giving; provision; furnishing
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
port city; harbor city; harbour city
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
logo; Logo (programming language)
matchless; peerless; unequaled; unequalled; unparalleled; unrivaled
making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
locked-room murder (e.g. in murder mystery fiction)
back street; back alley; slums
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
adult video; porn video; pornographic video
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
under ... years of age; less than ... years old
school education; formal education
character building; formation of character; personality development
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn