double-dipping (a food item in sauce)
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
faking crying; crocodile tears
having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child
according to plan; as planned; on target
transfer of a budget appropriation from one (government) section to another
tense relationship; tense relations; strained relations; strained ties; tension
holding out a little longer
to burst into tears; to sob; to weep
nippers; diagonal pliers; wire cutters
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
peremptory command; must-obey order; absolute instruction; categorical imperative
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base; taking a place; securing a position
airsoft (war game using air guns firing plastic pellets)
well done!; nice try!; well fought!
sound of something falling
valine; (with a) whoomp; smash; crunch
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
most difficult; next to impossible
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
triangle (musical instrument); triangle (shape)
vacuum bottle; thermos; jar