Vocabulary

red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)

spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season

ceaseless; constant; uninterrupted

everlasting; forever unchanging; undying

the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease

everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary

words and deeds of the people of yore

still remaining after a thousand years; immortal

all sorts of things; all manner of affairs

heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade

will of iron

will of iron

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

mysterious; strange; sphinx-like; enigmatic; noncommittal

how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?

vichyssoise

what goes around

money comes and goes; money goes around and around

tamarind

to inspect; to examine; to check

projectile vomiting

hakapik; iron hammer and hook mounted on a long wooden pole used for killing seals

in a hurry; hustle; person who's always in a rush

it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie

then; well then; if so

prankster; joker; taking a joke to the extreme

shape up!; act properly!

You're kidding!

what's the matter?

really?

that's not true!; no, no

unreasonable; absurd; irrational; confused; disordered

trickery

trickery

Rastafarianism; Rastafari

Rastafarian; Rasta

sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period); vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period)

language used in red-light districts during the Edo period

to do

to do