to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
discipline; training; teaching manners
author; writer; novelist; artist
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
workshop; studio; atelier
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
environment; circumstance
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
to be prolonged; to drag on
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
no!; no no!; no, not at all
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
special; particular; peculiar; unique
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
preference; priority; precedence