office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
preface; introduction; preamble
being startled; getting a shock
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
at work; in the midst of work; working
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
tool; implement; means; furniture
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
to begin talking; to open up
indescribable; having no way to express
somewhere to go; place to go
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)