host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
street prostitute; streetwalker; lady of the night
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
vigorously (burning); furiously; fiercely
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
real experience; actual observations
first of the season (e.g. produce, catch); virgin
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
free (of charge); gratuitous
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
retort; back talk; backchat
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)