grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus); hooded gull
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
ordinary citizen; the general public
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
research material; experimental material
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
leading person; foremost figure
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to walk about; to go out (here and there); to gad about
firm; unshakeable; resolute
application; request; petition
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
private regulations; bylaws; internal rules; tradition
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling game)
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking