rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
opening and shutting; opening and closing
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
Merlot (wine grape variety)
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
such ... as; or some such
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
of course; certainly; naturally
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)