it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
talking while standing; standing around talking
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
honorific/polite/humble prefix
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
opposite; reverse; contrary
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
(someone else's) daughter
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
threesome (sexual activity)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
so; like this; in this way
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
(for the) first time in one's life
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)