honorific or polite prefix
rare stone; unusual stone
vibration; vibrato; trill
limited headroom; max height
giving and taking; plundering
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
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
there is no God!; it's a cruel world; (lit.) there is no god or Buddha
object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami
rei-shabu; cold shabu-shabu; shabu-shabu where the meat is cooled before dipped in sauce
female household; household consisting wholly of women
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
paying cash-in-hand; paying under the table
threatening voice; threatening tone
to become obsessed with; to be possessed (by spirits, etc.); to be obsessive compulsive (OCD)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
ideal weather for an outing
collecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionism
for connoisseurs; preferred by experts
(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
spoilt vote; faulty ballot
school district; school area
God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent
well-bred; of good upbringing
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
to make a habit of; to make it a practice to
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
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