discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
nod; inclination of the head
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
panoramic (view, perspective, etc.); high-level; comprehensive (manner); holistic; broad
consulting; consultant; consul
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
recipe; (medical) prescription; how-to guide (e.g. for crafts)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
word; term; language; speech
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
cancellation of a contract
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
contract; compact; agreement
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
to mix (e.g. water with flour); to dissolve (salt in water, paint, etc.); to scramble (eggs); to stir; to melt; to liquefy
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
food; food products; foodstuffs
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused