going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
over-fond parent; doting parent
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
news of someone's death; obituary
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge
eccentric; crank; oddball
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
without gaps; closely packed; always; usually; often; frequently
round; spherical; circular
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
abuse; misuse; perversion
rice covered with pork and vegetables
this place; where one comes from; here
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy