staying up all night two nights in a row; double all-nighter
staying up all night three nights in a row; triple all-nighter
deposit and withdrawal (of money); receiving and making payments
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
expertise; special skills
please sit down; please have a seat
scent bag; sachet; scent gland
great writer; major writer
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
sundry; various; assorted
money-making; earning money
ex-husband; former husband
former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
without sparing time for sleep
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to use X as a selling point
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
trip abroad; overseas travel
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
branch manager; manager of a branch office
keyboard (piano, computer, etc.)
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years