enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
every evening; night after night
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
every evening; every night
suspicious character (person, figure)
harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
not necessarily so; is not always true
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
strong person; the strong; the powerful
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
unexpectedly; by chance; by accident
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
at the meeting; on the occasion
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
governments of various nations of the world
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations