to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
work-in-progress; working state
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to pass each other; to cross paths
umbrella organization; umbrella group
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
nonchalantly; without a care
business; trade; operations; sales
captain (JASDF, JGSDF); lieutenant (senior grade; JMSDF)
captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
peacekeeping operations; PKO; price-keeping operation; PKO
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
a cut above; one step above
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
animated TV show; cartoon
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore