to extort (money); to blackmail
duty room; staff room; waiting room
making one's best exertions
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
fascinate; bewitch; enchant
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
tough; stiff; inflexible; obstinate; tired; worn out
increased volume or quantity
consultation; discussion; conference; collusion; bid-rigging
attraction; lure; invitation
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
store name; shop name; restaurant name
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
the matter you have been talking about
attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
each time it happens; at all such times
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
1,000,000; one million; million; many
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)