café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
postponement; moving back
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
sense of duty (obligation)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
light-emitting diode; LED
patient; unhurried; leisurely
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
at a stroke; with a single swoop
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)
highest ever; record-high; highest on record
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
correction; rectification; mending; repair
apathy; lethargic state; state of lassitude
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
spring in full bloom; spring at its height
poor physical health; bad shape
condition; state (of health); appearance
taking no notice of; paying no attention to
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
repentance; confession; penitence
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt