halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
pest extermination; pest control
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
refining; refinement; smelting; training
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to think constantly about; to dwell on
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
one of these days; someday; one day
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from