coarse anko; coarse sweet red bean paste
anaconda (esp. the green anaconda, Eunectes murinus)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
man among men; manly man; alpha male
I don't need it; I don't want it
latte; caffè latte; radio and television
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
worst; poor and boring; uncool
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
ho-ho-ho (e.g. Santa Claus)
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
to palm off; to force a sale
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard