byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri
first year of high school; first-year high school student
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense
wind music; wind instrument music
straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
rehearsal; rehabilitation
energy conservation; economical use of energy
thank you for your continued patronage
Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C
key rack; (wall-mounted) key holder; key hook
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
inside the encampment; within the camp
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
later on; eventually; afterwards