carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
feeling of food or drink going down one's throat
one large ...; a great ...
whole nation; whole land; whole country
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
classification; categorization; sorting
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
pouring out in large amounts; flowing out gushingly
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
double suicide; lovers' suicide
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
dirty work; unpleasant task
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
slash character (ASCII 057); slash (fan fiction)
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
finally; in the end; on top of all that
illegitimate child; secret love child
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
(clenched) fist; knuckles
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
detective agency; enquiry agency
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
to replace; to substitute
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
anything and everything; just about everything