rare stone; unusual stone
limited headroom; max height
peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
rei-shabu; cold shabu-shabu; shabu-shabu where the meat is cooled before dipped in sauce
paying cash-in-hand; paying under the table
threatening voice; threatening tone
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to look displeased; (lit.) to flare one's nostrils
school district; school area
response; feeling; worth ...ing; worthwhile ...ing; satisfying to ...
very low (deep, cold, etc.); ultra-; infra-; hyper-
depending (too much) on one another; mutual overreliance; (lit.) licking each other's wounds
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
to become desperate; to give way to despair
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one
hiss; fizz; woosh; swish; whiz
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
occupant of a house; family member; household member (incl. servant)
arriving at the same moment
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
just as one was told; like she (he) said
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; bizarre; strange
unexpectedly; by chance; by accident
commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town
hours of operation (machine, etc.); uptime
completely unknown; unexpected; having no clue about
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
cooking program; cookery show
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance