sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to become empty; to be emptied
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
to push aside; to brush aside
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to give directions; to issue instructions
growing child's hearty appetite
to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up
boisterously; roughly; briskly
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
you; Mr; Mister; older brother; elder brother
thickly; stickily; viscously
flour; meal; powder; heroin
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments
artist's impression; picture based on one's imagination; imaginary rendering
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
well-cooked; well-done; browned