largest amount of money; maximum amount of money
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
long-term hospitalization
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education
prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission
to be slippery; to be slimy
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
job hunting; job searching
liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
financial circumstances; financial situation; circulation of money
naked dance; dancing naked; striptease; strip show
I appreciate your efforts
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
sobering up; method of sobering up
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared
using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
peace; peace sign; V sign
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to discuss; to talk together
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
founder; originator; pioneer
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called