cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
corridor; hallway; passageway
left side; left-hand side
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
heart attack; to have a heart attack
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
with a momentary flash of light
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to look attractive; to look nice
imitation crab meat; crab sticks
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
marine; Marine; the Marines
pair; the two; both persons; both things
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
falling apart while cooking
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
world; society; people; the public
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
surveillance camera; security camera
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist