small prefabricated kitchen in an apartment
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
individual packaging; unit packaging
ground wire; earth wire; earthed line
unmanned aircraft; pilotless plane; robot plane; drone
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
maternity blues; post-natal depression; post-partum blues
foot soldier (Edo period); samurai on foot; (arch.) going on foot; (arch.) walking
special envelope for monetary gifts
pinch (of something); one piece; easy victory
stirring things up; adding fuel to a fire
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
level of popularity (with the opposite sex); degree of attractiveness
yakuza film; yakuza movie
staying up all night two nights in a row; double all-nighter
one-ring hang-up call (to receive a call back, oft. for scams); missed call for exchanging phone numbers; wangiri
counting one's chickens before they've hatched; (lit.) counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
battle for Christmas sales
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to make (the effort to make) oneself look cool