scallion; green onion; spring onion
almost completely empty; virtually empty
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it; simple meal
brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
contrived; false-sounding
to appear to want to have (something); to obviously want; to seem to want; to indicate a wish for
what people say; rumours; public opinion
(find) common (meeting) ground
upskilling; improving one's skills
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
eye strain; eyestrain; asthenopia
passionate; ardent; enthusiastic
silence; stillness; quietness
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
10,000,000,000; ten billion
spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
(of skin) to peel off (e.g. from sunburn); to improve; to become more refined
being a good listener; good listener
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
tap; faucet; tap (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
to chicken out; to get scared
to make a speech; to address
shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish
undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
x (mark); cross; MDMA; ecstasy; molly
bulk buying; buying in quantity; stocking up (on)
pity; sorrow; grief; misery