Vocabulary

to tickle

drop dead, you bastard!; fuck you!

drop dead!; go to hell!; fuck you!; shove it!

to get tired; to become exhausted; to grow weary

Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia

to attach; to stick together; to paste; to glue

Meimuna opalifera (species of cicada)

winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

dizzily; giddily; spinning; reeling; swimming

rickets; rachitis

ground-breaking ceremony

to whine (of a dog)

without hesitation; with great optimism; vigorously; with great vigor; positively

fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound

slowly; tardily; dawdling; lingering; hesitantly

pulpy; soppy

suddenly; at once; in one go; with a jerk; with a gulp

flabby; limp; soft and pliable

gurgling; sound of rinsing one's mouth

to be unsteady; to reel; to shake

guru

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

anus; asshole; arsehole

gaudy; garish; showy

to cackle

to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; to be disappointed

belch; burp; eructation

to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily

vomit; spew; puke; vomiting

throwing up; vomiting

to be superstitious

in this way; like this; so; thus

to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)

restlessly; fussily; anxiously; making a fuss over trifles

sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar

futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame; cover for kotatsu

quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt