business conditions; business category; line of business
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
sex establishment; brothel
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
rip-off; unfair overcharging; clip joint
immense; awesome; enormous; terrific
to become attached; to begin to love
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
to become desperate; to give in to despair
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
your company; your shrine
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
bill (at a restaurant); check
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
vice; immorality; corruption
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)