cold storage; refrigeration
individual differences; personal equation
sobering up; method of sobering up
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
in the face of; in defiance of
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
going in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)
downhill road; descending road
to slide down; to slip down
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to turn right; to turn to the right
to turn left; to turn to the left
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation