leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
this occasion; at this time; now
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
menu; schedule; program; menu
celebration; auspicious occasion
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
whole roast (e.g. pig, turkey, etc.)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
to put into the mouth; to eat
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to have a tendency; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
period of time; time slot; time zone
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking