hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
refined rice flour; rice flour for dumplings
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to be found; to be discovered
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
national holiday; public holiday
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
foot; tootsie; tootsy; toddle; walk
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to recall; to remember; to recollect
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
by today; before the day is over
listen!; you see; mind you; remember