not long has passed since ...
(woman's) undersash; rolled omelette mixed with fish (paste) (omelet)
looking great with makeup
weight of an (unloaded) vehicle; dead load; tare; one's own weight
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
train of dress; trailing skirt; woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion
knee dislocation; making somebody's knees bend (by hitting them behind the knees with one's own knees)
The Ant and the Grasshopper
giving a royal welcome; extending every courtesy
to entwine; to entangle; to connect; to relate
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
sick; nauseated; angry; irritated
Pocky game; party game in which two people eat a Pocky stick from both ends
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
sparing life and taking life; letting live and killing
hard-to-get-into school; elite school; highly-selective school
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
bare thighs; inner thigh; intercrural sex
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
to reopen (e.g. a file, window); to open again
to relate to; to connect with
way of dealing with someone; attitude
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
terrestrial digital broadcasting