hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter
hostility; antagonism; opposition
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
no loss or gain; coming out even
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
superiority complex; sense of superiority
no exception; without exception; always the same
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
one's stomach rumbles; one's stomach growls
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
checked pattern; chequered pattern; checks; checkers; chequers
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
thick omelette; rolled omelette
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
cross between a mallard and domestic duck
Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish
saikyo-yaki; fish slices pickled overnight in white miso, then grilled
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
passions; sexual desire; lust
lust; sexual appetite; carnal desire
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
to rebuke; to scold harshly