stopping or parking a vehicle
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
mini patrol car; small police car
electronic toll collection system; ETC
American joke; US joke; American sense of humor (humour)
risk aversion; hedging; danger avoidance
tom yum goong (Thai soup dish)
being carried out; being put into practice; in operation
fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
acute stress reaction; acute stress disorder; psychological shock; mental shock; emotional shock; emotional trauma
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
apropos of nothing; to change the subject
magnetic resonance imaging; MRI
special offers available for a limited time of the day; limited-time sale
Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)
city police; municipal police
organizational capability; organisational capability
hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
how many? (large animals)
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
identification papers; ID; piece of identification; identity document
transmitter; homing device
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with