counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
draining hot water (e.g. from noodles)
old couple; elderly couple
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
home area; home town; local
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
second day of the month; two days
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
period of time; time slot; time zone
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
surely; certainly; without doubt
nightlife; night amusements
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
enamel; enamelled metalware (sinks, pots, etc.)
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
scallion; shallot; green onion; spring onion
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)