otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
investment; contribution; financing
equality (e.g. gender); joint participation; multi-agency
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
to be absorbed in reading
first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
trading card; collectible card
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
sumo wrestler; rikishi; strong man; Deva king
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
arm wrestling; to arm wrestle
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
morning; morning coat; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special
to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind
to be late; to be unpunctual
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
professional killer; hit man