monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
delicious; skillful; skilled; expert
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
(another's) child; child; kid
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
while alive; during one's lifetime
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
set meal; special (of the day)
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
barker; tout; hawker; calling out to potential customers
strong point; selling point; forte; specialty; attraction
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse
rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
to enclose; to corral; to fence in; to pen in