Vocabulary

thus; such being the case; in these circumstances

long wallet

reading music; reading a score

meat tenderizer; meat mallet

eye pillow

inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable

to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

boastful; bragging; conceited

user registration

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

mass food poisoning

ascetic

rutabaga (Brassica napobrassica); swede

listening to once; hearing once

kitsune-ken; shōya-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman

game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

occluder

to get dirty; to become dirty

undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend)

method of manipulating; management method; puppeteering

degree of baldness; stage of balding

rakugo stage name

don't worry; there's no need to worry

paint thinner

to get the hang of; to learn the secret to

automatic pilot; autopilot; automatic control

slender deutzia (Deutzia gracilis)

to depend on someone else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents'); to gnaw on (someone's) shin

sponging off one's parents

solfège; solfeggio

to divide; to separate

Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae); Ryukyu eyelid gecko

purchasing expense

optimal order quantity; optimum purchasing lot size

purchasing plan; acquisition plan

sensitive; touchy; delicate

cabinet; locker; magazine

samgyeopsal (grilled pork belly dish)

to fade; to become dim