origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
competitors' products; others on the market
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
squall; skoal; skol; cheers
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
fine weather; fair weather
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
one's manners; one's attitude
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
surroundings; environs; circumference
almost every day; almost daily
middle of the night; dead of night
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind