appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
to throw up; to vomit; to divulge; to reveal; to confess
squelching; gurgling; bubbling; raking in (money); rolling in; hand over fist
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
homecoming; returning home
anaconda (esp. the green anaconda, Eunectes murinus)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
hereditary system; hereditary succession
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
government office; agency; board
job; work; duties; trade; skill
sun; saint; San (people); son
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
to get one's head around; to think about
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
heavy petting; sexual petting
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
site visit (auditors, public accountants, etc.)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
process; course; mechanism