around the clock; day and night
to fight to the bitter end
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
to rage; to run amok; to tear around
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
irony of fate; twist of fate
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
the lower classes; the common people
it's not like; it isn't as if
way of eating; how to eat
comparatively; quite; rather
to try out the food at various restaurants
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
matcha; powdered green tea
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
(ice cream) cone; (speaker) cone; (traffic) cone; corn; maize
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly