wooden hammer; wooden mallet
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
the text; the main clause; the main part of a document
Saint-Germain; Saint-German
one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
great many; ever so many; any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
annoyance (to); bane (of); constant worry (to)
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
for some (unspecified) reason
(one acting as a) foster parent
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
returned goods; returning purchased goods
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must; juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
unidentified flying object; UFO
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days