flood of customers; roaring business
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
air of luxury; high class feel
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to worry about the future
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
finally; in the end; on top of all that
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
sweating easily; profuse sweater
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
flustered; confused; panicked
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)