acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
divine spirit; spirit of the dead
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
box lunches for delivery; catering meal
all sorts of delicacies; various unusual foods; sumptuous feast
worn-out; shabby; seedy; completely exhausted
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
new star; newcomer; freshman
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to win and advance to the next round
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad