inside the harbour; inside the harbor
flooring the gas pedal; pedal to the metal
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
high (atmospheric) pressure; high-pressure system; anticyclone
south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer
waiting for favorable wind; waiting for favourable wind
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
leaving everything up to someone else
(only) one option; one possible choice
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
sea gauge; draft; draught
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
ability to attract customers
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
clientele; customer stratum
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there