"to leave scratch-marks": (idiomatic) to leave one's mark (negative, but also recently (proscribed) positive)

not absent; not zero

thank you very much

同性愛者: homosexual

悪名高い: infamous, notorious

(informal) Clipping of 明けましておめでとう、今年もよろしくお願いします (akemashite omedetō, kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegai shi masu): an expression celebrating the new year and seeking good relations throughout the new year

I'm sincerely sorry; please forgive me.

Alternative form of あっちこっち (atchikotchi)

ignorance is bliss

"to end as a fruitless blossom": to end without bearing fruit (results)