non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
memory; sense; experience
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
Doll's Festival (March 3); Peach Festival
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
carp streamer; carp banner
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
mainly cloudy; tending to be cloudy
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
the way back; the way home; return trip
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
burr (e.g. on a machined edge)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
legal; lawful; legitimate
trip; excursion; (drug) trip; tripcode
secret; private; surreptitious
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
illegal; illicit; unlawful
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics