Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil
standby electricity consumption; power use by devices on standby; phantom load
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
renewal charge; renewal fee
extravagant (spending); generous; luxurious; bubbly; bubblelike
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
chai; spiced Indian tea (usu. boiled in milk)
elementary and middle school pupils
to refuse; to decline; to deny
always having a comeback; fast-talking
to comfort one another; to offer each other consolation
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
meat sauce; Bolognese sauce
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
pocket tissue; small package of tissues
to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order
a long time ago; quickly; swiftly
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
low flame (cooking); low heat; simmering
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)