slice; slice; slice (in tennis, table tennis, etc.); backspin shot
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
soft; flabby; spongy; mushy; soggy
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
how; in what way; in what manner
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to maintain; to continue to have
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
high place; high ground; height; broad (point of) view
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
depiction; description; portrayal
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
eloquence; fluency (of speech)