to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
four corners; four ordinal directions
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
free alcohol; free liquor; free drinks
cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost
food and drink; eating and drinking
to look down on; to make light of
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to pay with one's own money; to pay out of one's own pocket
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
to become empty; to be emptied
manual laborer; manual labourer
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
sake offered to someone; treat of sake
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam