to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
grape sugar; glucose; dextrose
to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
(giving) instruction; initiation
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
personality; style; appearance
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
Bikkuri Donkey (Japanese fast food chain)
to have a drink; to grab a drink
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to begin purchasing; to purchase
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
large bathhouse with many different services; deluxe public bath
choices; alternatives; options
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to need; to call for; to require