soy sauce ramen; soy ramen; ramen in clear brown broth flavored with soy sauce
late fee; arrears; detention charge; fine
national network broadcast; nation-wide broadcast
delivery pizza; home-delivered pizza
pizzeria; pizza parlor (parlour); pizza place
around 40 (years of age, esp. women)
videotape recorder; VTR; video recording; pre-recorded video shown during a television programme
(personal) background check
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of somebody in the act of committing a crime
calculated; premeditated; considered
installment; instalment; premium; bill
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment
unsettled; pending; unresolved
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
Washington, DC (United States); Washington (US state)
to read (a book, etc.) over again
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
very careful; thoroughly prepared
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination