prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples; rough skin; coarse skin
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
rise; increase; upload; posting online; close-up; completion of filming; upswept hairstyle
mole; lentigo; beauty mark; beauty spot
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
of great promise; with a promising future
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
to ask; to enquire; to query
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
name one goes by; popular name; house name; name of a street; avenue name
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
observation; survey; watching
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
being very popular; being in great demand; octopus dried on skewers
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
in the city; in the community
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
to use up all one's strength; to die
to thrust down; to push off