first class plus; extra special
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to leave this world; to die
6th day of the month; six days
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
burning incense (before an altar, esp. in memory of the dead); offering incense
to spend one's days in tears; to weep day and night; to live in sorrow
age thirty; one's thirties
happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family
prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
binge eating; stress eating
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to mind; to care; to worry
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
putting on the pressure; pushing forward; being pressed; being under pressure
in terms of; from the point of view of
like many others; being no exception; just like everyone else; as is usual with; in common with
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
review (of learned material); revision
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison