filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
the customer is always right; the customer is king
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
although I say; although one might say; although called
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
specialized weapon or skill; specialised weapon or skill
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
torture to death; torment to death
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
good-quality; superior in quality
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
tottering steps; drunken staggering
reaching; attaining; arrival