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emergency surgery

Medicine

transplant surgery; transplant operation; (organ) transplantation

handcart; wheelbarrow; baby walker

domestic help; domestic helper; domestic servant; maid

good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab

Idiomatic expression

to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense

touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz)

Dated term

making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)

Card games

foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card

difficult to obtain; difficult to get

emergency measures

good at business; having a good head for business; good businessman; shrewd salesman

skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze

area for washing one's hands and face; washroom; bathroom

toilet

flashy; gaudy; flamboyant

Idiomatic expression

to reveal one's true intentions; to show one's cards

to get hold of money

Colloquial

unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor

to clap one's hands in prayer

Derogatory

guts; abdomen; belly

to check (in chess)

Idiomatic expression

to threaten (someone's position, etc.); to close in (on someone)

being good at conversation; conversationalist; good talker

Idiomatic expression

to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm

good match for an opponent; worthy (e.g. rival)

one-sided; partial; unfair

orthopedic surgery; plastic surgery