work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
looking aside; looking away; (from the) eyes of an onlooker; outsider's view; looking on from the side
to emboss; to carve in relief; to bring to the fore; to accentuate; to throw into relief
reading aloud; recitation
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
eruption; volcanic eruption
with a start; with a jump
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
foolish look; stupid look
burst of laughter; roar of laughter; in copious amounts
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
workshop; studio; atelier
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
stopping functioning; being out of service
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson