Les Miserables (novel by Victor Hugo)
geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman
monjayaki; pan-fried batter with various fillings
research office; research division; inquiry section
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
type A (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
dispute; argument; contention
for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off
celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
cabinet (of a government); ministry
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
earnings from a part-time job
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
oasis; OASYS (Fujitsu WP system)
to be greedy; to devour greedily
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
the real criminal; true culprit
core; core; hardcore; all-out
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)