Meanings

Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971)

to return a call

infantile regression

ready reply

stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side

to stare back at

to be dispirited

to throw one's chest out

payment of a sum twice the original

half backstitch

traditional method of stirring soba while cooking

payment of debts

to reply

rat guard (device placed on storehouse pillars, mooring ropes, pipes, etc. to block the passage of rats)

thank-you gift (given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.)

to crack (person's voice)

to take revenge

to look at it from another perspective

moonsault (type of somersault)

returned goods