mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
extortion; blackmail; shakedown; extortionist; blackmailer; racketeer
sliced vegetables pickled in soy sauce
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
the scruff or nape of the neck
nowadays; in this day and age
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
starting; engaging; expenses; costs; attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go); barb
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
flour; powder (for polishing, dusting, etc.)
die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold; cookie cutter
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
curry bread (usu. deep-fried); curry doughnut; curry bun; curry roll
refreshing rain once in ten days
superheating; overheating
both sides; two sides; double-sided
watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
rice and curry; curry rice