nata de coco; coconut gel
feeling like friends; the feeling of friendship
something done out of spite; snide remark; insinuation; innuendo; dig
how many times; how often
irregular employment; non-fulltime employment; non-regular; irregular; subnormal (number); denormal
unproductive; counterproductive
washing with water; rinsing; flushing
to discuss; to talk together
honeytrap; honey trap; honeypot
artificial respirator; ventilator
life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
to get back together (with a former partner)
copier; copy machine; photocopier
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
(someone else's) child; child; kid
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
wearing one's hair in braids
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
one's house; one's home; one's family
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better