old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
New Year's sake; spiced sake
ore sorting; ore dressing
deposit (e.g. on the purchase of a house); earnest money; guarantee money; margin (payment); warrant money; cover
tending to break out or project easily
cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern
lender; creditor; landlord
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); kidney bean; navy bean; wax bean; green bean; string bean
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
welcome drink (e.g. free drink served to hotel guests upon arrival)
thunderbird (North-American indigenous mythical spirit bird)
two sly characters outfoxing each other
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
bursting at the seams; bulging
business owner; entrepreneur
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
betting on an outsider (in horse racing, etc.); taking a long shot; dark horse betting
along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; double stroke of good luck; perfect timing!; how convenient (for you to show up)!
slot machine in a pachinko parlor (parlour)
giant-killing; defeating a much stronger opponent
to sit silently at a meeting
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
high magnification (telescope, etc.); high power
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)