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sponging off one's parents

1

maternity (motherhood); maternity (pregnancy); maternity dress

1

at my place

1

decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big

1

six codes (constitution, civil code, criminal code, commercial code, code of civil procedure, code of criminal procedure); Compendium of Laws

1

200; two hundred

3

to break down; to fail; to fizzle; to flop; to peter out; to fall flat

1

monetary offering; offertory

1

martini

1

old cloth; rag

1

explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting

1

Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo

14

cooling-off period

1

profuse sweat

1

the next meeting

2

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

2

Nostradamus

1

sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)

1

cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)

2

hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho

1

main force; brute force; strong-arm

2

forwarding agency; express company

1

to sniffle; to snivel

2

secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away

2

bar examination

2

to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs

1

pinch-hitting

1

cooked rice

1

Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam

1

practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner

1

law department; law school

2

wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

2

peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea

2

wall with exposed timber pillars

12

heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la

1

red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

1

hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)

1

same score; deadlock; tie; draw

4

drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel

1

petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled

1

reemployment

1

to dry up; to parch; to ebb away

1

pawnshop

1

goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit

2

beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought

1

discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

1

leaving; accepting

1

letter of resignation

2

dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea

1

unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say

1