Telephony Application Programming Interface; TAPI
murder swap; murder exchange; murder of each other's targets by co-conspirators
cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close; deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail
probity check; background investigation
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
out-of-school learning; off-campus learning
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
ice cream soda; icecream soda
one's nose wrinkles (from a strong stench)
Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
electric appliance store; electrician
school nurse; nurse-teacher; health teacher
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
cost of a meal (or meals)
rip-off; unfair overcharging; clip joint
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct