aluminum oxide (Al2O3); aluminium oxide; alumina
employer's house; master's house
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
SIG; special interest group
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
basic mistake; careless mistake
to start; to begin; to commence
without gaps; closely packed; always; usually; often; frequently
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
essence; the best; chic; smart; considerate; understanding
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
waterproofing; making watertight
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
center; centre; metropolis
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
summertime; summer season
to smash down; to beat in
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step