English conversation school
frowning on; looking on with scorn; showing disapproval
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
from season to season; season by season; of each season; in each season
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to exclude; to leave out (of conversations, etc.); to freeze out; to send to Coventry
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
limited time; limited-time offer
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to think too much; to be over-concerned
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
recently; lately; these days
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...