the five fingers; leading five; top five
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
(child) car seat; child seat; child safety seat; booster seat
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
doting (on one's children); (overly) fond; indulgent; adoring parent; doting parent
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
popular name; common name; given name
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
(in) her way; peculiar to her
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
only; just; solely; prostitute attached to a single member of the post-WWII occupation forces
it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; (lit.) not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
unsanitary condition; lack of hygienic care; inattention to hygiene; unhygienic conditions
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances (for something); to bear (something) in mind; to ebb and flow
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
one's house; one's home; one's family; house
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
throwing down multiple objects in succession; at once in great numbers
to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary