French; French food; French cuisine
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
ordinary train; slow train
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
standby; preparation; arrangement
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
broken; intermittent; disconnected
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
teatime; tea break; coffee break
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
hair on the back of one's head
willpower; energy; vitality
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
unsettled; pending; unresolved
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
enough is enough; no further!