manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
padding, armour, etc. covering the testicles; mantle or hood on a urinal, squat-toilet, etc.
very important person; VIP
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses
prisoner's dilemma; prisoners' dilemma
dispute; contention; conflict; controversy
working; being employed; being hired
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant
believable; credible; trustworthy
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
mountain stream; mountain torrent
collective responsibility; joint liability
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to support each other; to support one another
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high