Vocabulary

funhouse; fun house

Bikkuri House (subculture magazine published in Japan between 1974 and 1985)

child

cradle; small cradle basket; portable bassinet

credit uncertainty

pre-test stress; test anxiety

perfume

accelerometer

going at a very slow speed

if that's the case

indicates emphasis

(illegal) riot; tumult

I don't need it; I don't want it

Cupedidae (family of beetles)

Micromalthidae (family of beetles)

Rhysodidae (family of beetles)

Carabidae (family of beetles)

Paussidae (family of beetles)

Brachinidae (family of beetles)

Brachininae (family of beetles)

Japan

observing people, shops, etc. while strolling around town

office system where employees are free to change desk

office system where employees are free to change desk

restless; fidgety; lively; busy

honey is sweet, but the bee stings; I want to eat fugu, (but) I value my life

public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryō system)

public official stationed outside the capital (under the ritsuryō system)

ringtone; ring tone

blackboard eraser

manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit)

bitch

Omachi rice; late growing wet-land rice variety, often used in sake production

very best quality; superior quality

rice for sake brewing; brewers' rice

northwesterly winter wind

northwesterly winter wind

northwesterly winter wind

school district; school area

small; fine; minute