(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
waste of time; killing time
amusement parlour game which uses tokens (parlor)
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
insertion slot (e.g. coins, tickets); input port
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
slot machine in a pachinko parlor (parlour)
manner of using one's hands
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to say no more; to sink into silence
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
how long; how far; how much
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
such; this sort of; like this
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
three; three years of age
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
still; even now; to this day
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
near oneself; close to one; familiar