face outline; contours of a face
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
wrinkle reduction; rhytidoplasty
hemorrhoids; haemorrhoids; blind piles
San Francisco (abbr); Cisco Systems (abbr); Sysco
clear accounting; honest accounting (billing); transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.)
scuba; self-contained under-water breathing apparatus
lift-up (seat, bra, etc.); facelift
obsession with changing one's appearance; desire to change
unattractive, uncouth man
chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener)
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less
otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department
high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education
at all costs; at any cost; surmounting all difficulties
desirable prey; easy game; easy mark; easy prey; easy target
ornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables
prone (to); liable (to); apt (to); tending (to)
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
nature of one's business; business instinct
thereupon; therefore; because of that
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name