whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
beef bone (used to make stock); cattle bone; bovine bone
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
reservation system; appointment system; (on) a subscription basis
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
please sit down; please have a seat
exercise to help digestion
Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)
fat (of meat); fatty meat
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
comparatively high; fairly expensive
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
age thirty; one's thirties
departure; leaving; starting; standing
town girl; girl raised in a town
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
casting; cast-metal object
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
vacant house; unoccupied house
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons