entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
stripping to one's waist; being bare from the waist up
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly
exercises; practice problem
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
standard formal wear worn by students, usu. when going to interviews
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to be enchanted; to be charmed
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
seven (long cylindrical things)
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
evening; night; nighttime