to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
confusion; disturbance; commotion; chaos; disorder
liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
percent; per cent; percentage
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
explanatory; expository; elucidatory
unapproved; lack of approval
to speak ill of; to disparage
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
to become senile; to show signs of decline; to lose one's edge; to lose one's touch; to lose one's astuteness
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
to be strangled; to be constricted
to be on the right track; to be doing well; to be looking good; to be coming along nicely
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
pile bunker (fictional weapon)
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
something created (e.g. by the gods); creature
exhibition; showing; displaying; putting on display
taking one's own life; suicide
fundamental principle; basic principle; general principle
(very) patient; persevering
batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone