to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with someone's suggestion; to be talked into doing
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
basic rate (i.e. excluding optional service fees, usage charges, etc.); basic charge; base cost; base price
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
to (be able to) agree (with); to be able to accept; to find acceptable; to be convinced; to understand
urgency; exigency; emergency
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
to cross the line; to go too far
innocence; being not guilty
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
weird; disgusting; sickening
serious criminal; heinous criminal
more than anything; above all else
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
to act self-importantly; to be arrogant; to be high-handed; to puff up
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon