tea-ceremony room; tea-ceremony hut; restaurant; coffee shop; cafe
to know something by direct experience; (lit.) to know through the skin
tourist resort; holiday resort
to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
effective temperature; wind-chill index (factor)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
grill (esp. fish grill); grilled food; grill room; restaurant serving grilled food; (radiator) grille
tingling; stinging; pungently
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
take-out; take-away; carry-out
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
to backfire; to have a harmful result
mountain stream; mountain torrent
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
to rally; to make a comeback